The politics of access : university education and nation-building in Nigeria, 1948-2000 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Anyanwu, Ogechi Emmanuel, 1971-
Imprint:	Calgary : University of Calgary Press, c2011.
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	Africa: missing voices, 1703-1826 ; 9 Africa, missing voices series ; 9.
Subject:	Education, Higher -- Nigeria -- History -- 20th century. Higher education and state -- Nigeria. Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- Nigeria. Nation-building -- Nigeria. Economic development -- Nigeria. Economic development. Education, Higher. Education, Higher -- Political aspects. Higher education and state. Nation-building. Nigeria. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9031393

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ISBN:	9781552385197 (electronic bk.) 1552385191 (electronic bk.) 9781552385180 (pbk.) 1552385183 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Other form:	Original 9781552385180 1552385183

Table of Contents:

The Politics of Colonial Education
Towards Educational Reform: The Cold War, Decolonization, and the Carnegie Corporation, 1952---60
The Ashby Commission, Regionalism, and University Education in the 1960s
Centralization of Universities and National Integration, 1970---79: The Legacy of the Nigerian Civil War
The Second Republic and the Burden of Expansion, 1979---83: Free Education, Science and Technology, and Quota System
Rationalization Policy: The IMF/World Bank and Structural Adjustment Program, 1984---90
Crisis of Nationhood: Funding Issues, Socio-Political Instability, and Private University Education, 1990---2000.

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