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14 - Fixing the System?

Trends in African Higher Education Governance

from Part III - Geographies of Governance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2020

By
Rose Amazan  and
Kassahun Kebede Dawo
Edited by
Giliberto Capano  and
Darryl S. L. Jarvis
Giliberto Capano
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi, Bologna, Italy
Darryl S. L. Jarvis
Affiliation:
The University of Hong Kong
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Summary

This chapter presents the evolution of the higher education sector and some policy reforms in Africa, looking particularly at the area of university governance. It situates the trends in African higher education governance reform within the broader context of international, continental, national, and institutional policy shifts. It highlights a range of factors, control mechanisms, and challenges that continue to impede the progress of university reform in African higher education. After presenting the general trends of higher education governance and its reform in the continent, the chapter focuses on the governance of Ethiopian higher education as an illustrative case.

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leadershipmanagementgovernanceAfricaEthiopiapolicy reform
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Convergence and Diversity in the Governance of Higher Education
Comparative Perspectives
 , pp. 396 - 425
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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