Beyond Reforms
The Politics of Higher Education Transformation in Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2728239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tade Akin Aina (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 21-40 |
| Publication date | 2010-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1353/arw.0.0290 |
| OpenAlex | W2060918748 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 31 |
| References cited | 11 |
In spite of over a half century of interventions and waves of "reforms," higher education in Africa today consists of institutions, systems, and practices that lack distinct values and goals, or a mission and vision connecting them to the major challenges of their local and global contexts. What is needed in African higher education is true transformation, which will involve practical and epistemological ruptures with previous ways of doing things and a reconstruction of structures, relations, cultures, and institutions. Of particular importance are initiatives that will ensure gender equity, changes in the organization and process of knowledge production, and a reenvisioning of universities' funding sources and mechanisms
Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Equity (law · Higher education · Knowledge management · Knowledge production · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Psychological intervention · Social science · Sociology · Transformation processes · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law
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Uncommon Knowledge
Rebuilding higher education institutions in post-conflict contexts
Re-inventing Kenya’s university
Africans’ experiences of international PhDs
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Governance thresholds and the causes of education policy reform
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African-German Cooperation towards Decolonising Higher Education
Student voice
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Resistance and solidarity
Expanding the frontiers of national qualifications frameworks through lifelong learning
Decolonizing Knowledge
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| Unique citing works | 31 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,07 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 31 |