Development of Higher Education in Africa

Prospects and Challenges

Alexander W. Wiseman, C. C. Wolhuter

• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781781906996
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Higher Education

The global education revolution of the 20th century resulted in massive developments in education worldwide, but the higher education sector throughout Africa remains surprisingly underdeveloped. Although impressive expansion and reform of higher education in Africa have occurred since 1990, the higher education sector across Africa has been particularly challenged to keep pace with the development of higher education worldwide. This is reflected in comparatively limited research output by African university scholars and researchers and the limited representation of African universities on world institutional rankings. Given both the perceived and real gap in research productivity and scholarly reputation between African higher education and higher education systems in other parts of the world, the question persists whether or not the African higher education sector can produce "world-class" universities.

Table of contents

• FRONT COVER
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES
• COPYRIGHT PAGE
• CONTENTS
• LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
• PREFACE
• PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA
• PART 2: INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA
• PART 3: HIGHER EDUCATION ISSUES AND CONCERNS IN AFRICA
• PART 4: CROSS-NATIONAL CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE IN AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION
• PART 5: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA
• ABOUT THE AUTHORS
• AUTHOR INDEX
• SUBJECT INDEX