Development and its implications for Higher Education in Southern Africa
Fbebaya Olukoshi; Relebohile Moletsane; Ebrima Sall; Omano EdighejiAbstract:
How should ‘development’ be most accurately defi ned? Or more specifically: how should it be defined in relation to the whole realm of higher education? And how should higher education be responding to the challenges posed by national and regional development imperatives? Should higher education institutions, as suggested, fashion themselves into leading agents of social change, a role that would place them close to the heart of any country’s development agenda? Or should the focus be on economic development – including industrialisation that will add value to local raw materials and stimulate higher employment rates – and to finding a viable niche in the global economy? Or is there ‘a strong need for the re-establishment of the African university as a site for the fostering of civic identities and democratic values’?
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| Document Title: | Development and its implications for Higher Education in Southern Africa |
| Institution: | SARUA |
| City and Country: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Document Type: | Research Report (Not Peer Reviewed) |
| Subject Area: | National Systems and Comparative Studies |
| Country: | Southern Africa |
| Keywords: | Development, Development Models, Higher Education, Southern Africa |
| File Size: | 1.09 MB |
| Rights: | SARUA |
| Additional information: | SARUA Leadership Dialogue Series Vol 1 Number 3 2009 |
| Date Added: | 04 March 2011 |