Equity and excellence
The emergence, consolidation and internalization of education development at the University of Natal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4097503 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marie Odendaal (University of KwaZulu-Natal), Roger Deacon (University of KwaZulu-Natal, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 101-114 |
| Publication date | 2009-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075070802602026 |
| OpenAlex | W2143969920 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
Education development in South Africa emerged during the transition from apartheid to democracy, in a context especially marked by political and financial pressures. This case study of the University of Natal (now the University of KwaZulu‐Natal) demonstrates how a strategy combining equity with excellence aimed to facilitate increased access to the institution, while maintaining existing standards. Central to this was the creation of a new academic subject, the ‘disadvantaged student’ from an ‘underdeveloped’ background, which provided a justification for an all‐encompassing institutional transformation, involving an intensification of institutional governance, a rapidly changing student profile, and power struggles between lecturers and tutors. After having bolstered its scientific credentials, education development was internalized by the institution which it had helped to transform, and is now an integral part of its merged successor
Corporate governance · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Excellence · Higher education · Institution · Management · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Successor cardinal · Education, Leadership, and Health Research · Higher Education Learning Practices · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Public Administration · Accounting
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |