Higher Education Pathways : South African Undergraduate Education and the Public Good /

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Imprint:Cape Town : African Minds, [2018]
Description:1 online resource (ix, [ii], 307 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:African Higher Education Dynamics Series ; volume 4
African higher education dynamics series ; v. 4.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12026765
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Other authors / contributors:Ashwin, Paul, 1970- editor.
Case, Jennifer M., editor.
ISBN:9781928331926
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9781928331919
9781928331902
Notes:Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed January 8, 2019)
Summary:"In what ways does access to undergraduate education have a transformative impact on people and societies? What conditions are required for this impact to occur? What are the pathways from an undergraduate education to the public good, including inclusive economic development? These questions have particular resonance in the South African higher education context, which is attempting to tackle the challenges of widening access and improving completion rates in in a system in which the segregations of the apartheid years are still apparent. Higher education is recognised in core legislation as having a distinctive and crucial role in building post-apartheid society. Undergraduate education is seen as central to addressing skills shortages in South Africa and is also seen to yield significant social returns, including a consistent positive impact on societal institutions and the development of a range of capabilities that have public, as well as private, benefits. However, the precise extent and nature of these impacts remain unclear, particularly in light of contemporary global, social and economic challenges. This book offers comprehensive contemporary evidence that allows for a fresh engagement with these pressing issues."
Other form:Print version: Higher education pathways. Cape Town, South Africa : African Minds, 2018 9781928331902