Flagship Universities in Africa

Damtew Teferra

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9783319494029
• eBook ISBN:
  9783319494036
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Comparative Education

This book advances an in-depth, comprehensive analysis of flagship universities in Africa – the largest, most selective, and most prestigious universities on the continent. The book draws on a range of country-specific case-studies, including Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania and Zambia, to explore a range of issues associated with flagship universities and their role in higher education in Africa. . Newly-established institutions in new nation states, and states emerging from conflict, often rely on these flagship universities to train their academics, and build their intelligentsia; flagship universities are thus capacity-builders and trend-setters in their respective countries and sub-regions. This volume brings together a range of scholars to celebrate the impact, influence and contributions of African universities, not only within Africa, but across the globe The book will be of great significance to students and researchers in the field of education, particularly those with an interest in sociology and politics of higher education.

Table of contents

• Flagship Universities in Africa
• 1 African Flagship Universities in the Era of “Massification”
• 2 University of Botswana: A National University in Decline?
• 3 Cairo University: The Flagship University of Egypt
• 4 Once a Flagship Always a Flagship?: Addis Ababa University in Perspective
• 5 The University of Ghana: A “Premier” University in National Development
• 6 University of Nairobi: Review of the Flagship Role in Higher Education in Kenya
• 7 The University of Mauritius: Overview of a Flagship University in a Small Island State
• 8 University of Ibadan: A Beacon of Higher Education in Africa
• 9 Cheikh Anta Diop University: A Journey for Undisputed Flagship Status
• 10 The Role of African Flagship Universities: The Case of the University of Dar es Salaam
• 11 Makerere University as a Flagship Institution: Sustaining the Quest for Relevance
• 12 University of Zambia: Contextualization and Contribution to Flagship Status in Zambia
• 13 African Flagship Universities: Epilogue
• Index