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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Ajayi, J.F. Ade. African experience with higher education. Accra : Association of African Universities ; London : James Currey ; Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 1996 (OCoLC)665106556 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
J F Ade Ajayi; L K H Goma; Ampah G Johnson; Association of African Universities. |
| ISBN: | 0852557345 9780852557341 0852557337 9780852557334 0821411608 9780821411605 0821411616 9780821411612 |
| OCLC Number: | 35043730 |
| Description: | xii, 276 p. ; 22 cm. |
| 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. |
| Responsibility: | J.F. Ade Ajayi, Lameck K.H. Goma, G. Ampah Johnson ; with a contribution by Wanjiku Mwotia. |
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- Education, Higher -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Universities and colleges -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Higher education.
- Central Africa.
- Southern Africa.
- Enseignement supérieur -- Afrique noire.
- Universités -- Afrique noire.
- Hoger onderwijs.
- Higher education
- Central Africa
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