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Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education

By Nico Cloete , Peter Maassen , Tracy Bailey

Book information

Publisher
African Minds
Year
2015
ISBN
1920677852, 9781920677855
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2117301 bytes)
Pages
312\314
Time added
2018-02-20 23:54:33
Higher & Continuing Education;Administration;Adult

Description

The dominant global discourse in higher education now focuses on 'world-class' universities - inevitably located predominantly in North America, Europe and, increasingly, East Asia. The rest of the world, including Africa, is left to play 'catch-up'. But that discourse should focus rather on the tensions, even contradictions, between 'excellence' and 'engagement' with which all universities must grapple. Here the African experience has much to offer the high-participation and generously resourced systems of the so-called 'developed' world. This book offers a critical review of that experience, and so makes a major contribution to our understanding of higher education.

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