Beyond reforms: the politics of higher education transformation in Africa
Aina, Tade AkinAbstract:
In spite of over a half century of interventions and waves of “reforms,” higher education in Africa today consists of institutions, systems, and practices that lack distinct values and goals, or a mission and vision connecting them to the major challenges of their local and global contexts. What is needed in African higher education is true transformation, which will involve practical and epistemological ruptures with previous ways of doing things and a reconstruction of structures, relations, cultures, and institutions. Of particular importance are initiatives that will ensure gender equity, changes in the organization and process of knowledge production, and a reenvisioning of universities’ funding sources and mechanisms.
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| Title of Paper: | Beyond reforms: the politics of higher education transformation in Africa |
| Conference Name: | fifty-second Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association |
| Conference Date: | 0000-00-00 |
| Conference Location: | New Orleans |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Document Type: | Conference Paper (Not Peer Reviewed) |
| Subject Area: | Contributory Studies and Research Approaches |
| Country: | African Continent |
| Keywords: | Higher Education, Higher Education Institutions HEI s, Higher Education and the State, Transformation of higher education, Trends in Higher Education |
| File Size: | 113 KB |
| Date Added: | 14 March 2012 |