The African experience with higher education /

The African experience with higher education /

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Author / Creator:Ajayi, J. F. Ade.
Imprint:Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 1996.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 276 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Education, Higher -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Universities and colleges -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Education, Higher.
Universities and colleges.
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11104604
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Other authors / contributors:Goma, L. K. H.
Johnson, Ampah G.
Association of African Universities.
ISBN:0585090769
9780585090764
0852557345
0852557337
0821411608
0821411616
9780852557341
9780852557334
9780821411605
9780821411612
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-272) and index.
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Summary:"There have been institutions of higher learning for centuries in Africa but the phenomenal growth has taken place in the last fifty years, first in the later days of colonialism and then in the heady days of independence and commodity boom. Without them there would have been no development." "The three highly distinguished authors have written the first comprehensive assessment of universities and higher education in Africa south of the Sahara. As can be seen from their biographies they draw on experience from both francophone and anglophone Africa and from teaching both in the sciences and the arts."--Jacket.
Other form:Print version: Ajayi, J.F. Ade. African experience with higher education. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 1996 0852557345
Table of Contents:
  • Part I Historical Background
  • Chapter 1 Antecedents, Before 1900 1
  • Indigenous education 3
  • The Legacy of Alexandria 5
  • Islamic education 7
  • Afro-Christian and Western education 12
  • The Freetown Debate, 1872-3 16
  • Fourah Bay College, 1876 21
  • Towards African Renaissance 25
  • Chapter 2 Colonialism and Higher Education 28
  • Education and Social Change 28
  • Stimulating the Demand 29
  • UNISA and Fort Hare College 32
  • Colonial Policies 37
  • The British Advisory Committee 42
  • Cracks in the Wall 49
  • Chapter 3 Decolonization and Higher Education, 1945-1960 53
  • Decolonization 53
  • The Asquith Colleges 56
  • Dakar and Tananarive 60
  • Colonial Universities of Zaire 60
  • Pius XII College of Lesotho 62
  • Liberia University and Haile Selassie I University 63
  • University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 65
  • Colonial Legacy 67
  • Apartheid in South Africa 70
  • Chapter 4 The Politics of Independence and Higher Education 1960-70 74
  • Critique of Colonial Education 74
  • The International Factor 76
  • The Ashby Commission on Nigeria 79
  • New Initiatives in Ghana 86
  • Cautious Nationalism in Francophone Africa 88
  • Attempted Federation in East, Central and Southern Africa 92
  • Chapter 5 The Association of African Universities 97
  • Antecedents 97
  • Early History 99
  • Student and Staff Exchange 102
  • Information and Documentation Centre 103
  • Programmes 105
  • Financing 106
  • AAU Evaluation 109
  • Chapter 6 Higher Education and African Development, 1970s and 1980s 112
  • National Universities in East Africa 114
  • National Universities in Southern and Central Africa 122
  • The National University of Zaire 124
  • The University of Madagascar 126
  • Higher Education and the Ethiopian Revolution 127
  • University Autonomy and National Identity in Khartoum 130
  • National Systems in Francophone Africa 133
  • Sierra Leone and Ghana 138
  • The Nigerian Federal System 139
  • Part II Issues and Problems of the 1990s
  • Chapter 7 The Problems of the 1990s 144
  • Diminishing Financial Resources 146
  • Stagnation and Deterioration of Physical Resources 147
  • The Impact on Human Resources 148
  • The Culpability of African Universities 153
  • Doing More with Less 154
  • Financing of Higher Education 158
  • Dangerous Ambivalence 160
  • Access and Equity 161
  • Campus Politics 163
  • Obstacles to Change in African Higher Education 165
  • Chapter 8 Special Issues 167
  • Academic Freedom and University Autonomy 167
  • Continuing Relevance 167
  • Accountability 170
  • Effectiveness and Efficiency 173
  • Periodic Evaluation 174
  • Handbook on Academic Freedom and University Autonomy 175
  • University Governance 176
  • Appointment and Removal of Principal Officers 180
  • Gender Perspectives 183
  • Changing Perceptions of the Mission 187
  • Part III Towards the 21st Century
  • Chapter 9 The Mission of the University Reviewed 191
  • The African University in a Changing World 193
  • 'The Developmental University' 199
  • Enhancing Profile 201
  • Deteriorating Quality and Accelerating Demand 203
  • The Quest for Excellence and Relevance 206
  • Chapter 10 New Expectations and Reorientations 209
  • The Content of Education and Degree System 209
  • The Imperative of Science and Technology in Development 212
  • Steadfast Deployment at the Knowledge Frontier 215
  • Postgraduate Education and Training 221
  • The Imperative of Regional Cooperation 223
  • Redressing the Gender Balance 226
  • Chapter 11 The Outreach 229
  • Marginalization of the African University 229
  • University-Productive Sector Linkages 231
  • The Quest for Identity 234
  • The Continuing Need for an African Intellectual Community 238
  • Leadership for the African University of the Future 240
  • I. Handbook on Academic Freedom and University Autonomy 242
  • II. Code of Conduct for Academics 256.

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