Knowledge production and contradictory functions in African higher education /:

The dominant global discourse in higher education now focuses on 'world-class' universities - inevitably located predominantly in North America, Europe and, increasingly, East Asia. The rest of the world, including Africa, is left to play 'catch-up'. But that discourse should foc...

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Other Authors: Cloete, Nico (Editor), Maassen, Peter A. M. (Editor), Bailey, Tracy (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cape Town, South Africa : African Minds, 2015.
Series:African Minds Higher Education Dynamics Series ; Volume 1
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:The dominant global discourse in higher education now focuses on 'world-class' universities - inevitably located predominantly in North America, Europe and, increasingly, East Asia. The rest of the world, including Africa, is left to play 'catch-up'. But that discourse should focus rather on the tensions, even contradictions, between 'excellence' and 'engagement' with which all universities must grapple. Here the African experience has much to offer the high-participation and generously resourced systems of the so-called 'developed' world. This book offers a critical review of that experience, and so makes a major contribution to our understanding of higher education.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
ISBN:1336218886
9781336218888
9781920677862
1920677860

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