Research Universities in Africa
"From the early 2000s, a new discourse emerged, in Africa and the international donor community, that higher education was important for development in Africa. Within this ‘zeitgeist’ of converging interests, a range of agencies agreed that a different, collaborative approach to linking higher educa...
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African Minds
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| author | Cloete, Nico Bunting, Ian van Schalkwyk, Francois |
| author_browse | Bunting, Ian Cloete, Nico van Schalkwyk, Francois |
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| description | "From the early 2000s, a new discourse emerged, in Africa and the international donor community, that higher education was important for development in Africa. Within this ‘zeitgeist’ of converging interests, a range of agencies agreed that a different, collaborative approach to linking higher education to development was necessary. This led to the establishment of the Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa (Herana) to concentrate on research and advocacy about the possible role and contribution of universities to development in Africa.
This book is the final publication to emerge from the Herana project. The project has also published more than 100 articles, chapters, reports, manuals and datasets, and many presentations have been delivered to share insights gained from the work done by Herana. Given its prolific dissemination, it seems reasonable to ask whether this fourth and final publication will offer the reader anything new.
This book is certainly different from previous publications in several respects. First, it is the only book to include an analysis of eight African universities based on the full 15 years of empirical data collected by the project. Second, previous books and reports were published mid-project. This book has benefited from an extended gestation period allowing the authors and contributors to reflect on the project without the distractions associated with managing and participating in a large-scale project. For the first time, some of those who have been involved in Herana since its inception have had the opportunity to at least make an attempt to see part of the wood for the trees.
Different does not necessarily mean new. An emphasis on the ‘newness’ of the data and perspectives presented in this book is important because it shows that it is more than a historical record of a donor-funded project. Rather, each chapter in this book brings, to a lesser or greater extent, something new to our understanding of universities, research and development in Africa." |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-340532025-01-24T01:54:19Z Research Universities in Africa Cloete, Nico Bunting, Ian van Schalkwyk, Francois university development Africa research knowledge production network data thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education "From the early 2000s, a new discourse emerged, in Africa and the international donor community, that higher education was important for development in Africa. Within this ‘zeitgeist’ of converging interests, a range of agencies agreed that a different, collaborative approach to linking higher education to development was necessary. This led to the establishment of the Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa (Herana) to concentrate on research and advocacy about the possible role and contribution of universities to development in Africa. This book is the final publication to emerge from the Herana project. The project has also published more than 100 articles, chapters, reports, manuals and datasets, and many presentations have been delivered to share insights gained from the work done by Herana. Given its prolific dissemination, it seems reasonable to ask whether this fourth and final publication will offer the reader anything new. This book is certainly different from previous publications in several respects. First, it is the only book to include an analysis of eight African universities based on the full 15 years of empirical data collected by the project. Second, previous books and reports were published mid-project. This book has benefited from an extended gestation period allowing the authors and contributors to reflect on the project without the distractions associated with managing and participating in a large-scale project. For the first time, some of those who have been involved in Herana since its inception have had the opportunity to at least make an attempt to see part of the wood for the trees. Different does not necessarily mean new. An emphasis on the ‘newness’ of the data and perspectives presented in this book is important because it shows that it is more than a historical record of a donor-funded project. Rather, each chapter in this book brings, to a lesser or greater extent, something new to our understanding of universities, research and development in Africa." 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2018-12-13 09:16:07 2020-04-01T11:55:08Z 2018 book 1002517 OCN: 1081000398 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/27492 9781928331889; 9781928331896 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/34053 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/27492/1/Research_Universities_in_Africa_9781928331872.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/27492/1/Research_Universities_in_Africa_9781928331872.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/27492/1/Research_Universities_in_Africa_9781928331872.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/27492/1/Research_Universities_in_Africa_9781928331872.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/27492/1/Research_Universities_in_Africa_9781928331872.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/27492/1/Research_Universities_in_Africa_9781928331872.pdf African Minds 10.5281/zenodo.1479114 10.5281/zenodo.1479114 36099d72-8b22-4bf5-ab27-c2090263b9c6 9781928331889; 9781928331896 ScholarLed 314 Cape Town open access |
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