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Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education - Softcover

 
9781920677855: Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1920677852 ISBN 13: 9781920677855
Publisher: African Minds, 2015

Synopsis

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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Publisher
African Minds
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1920677852
ISBN 13 
9781920677855
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
312
Editor
Cloete Nico, Maassen Peter, Bailey Tracy