TY - CHAP
T1 - The incalculable promise of the african continent
T2 - Higher education rising to the occasion
AU - Wolhuter, Charl C.
AU - Wiseman, Alexander W.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Africa's unique social contexts play a transformative role in the development of higher education throughout the continent. As a geographic giant endowed with substantial natural resources and a growing population, Africa is a dynamic - albeit diverse - world player, and amidst the political pacification and democratization of the continent, is also unfolding as an increasingly strong economic force in the world. These many factors contextualize the history and position of higher education in Africa as well. Despite rapid growth in recent years, higher education in Africa is less developed than anywhere else in the world. Major challenges include expanding participation in higher education, poor infrastructure, isolation from society and communities, internationalization and regional cooperation, and aligning the world of education with the world of work. The chapters in this volume are presented within this framework, with the intention that this volume will contribute to the scholarly discourse guiding the development of higher education in Africa.
AB - Africa's unique social contexts play a transformative role in the development of higher education throughout the continent. As a geographic giant endowed with substantial natural resources and a growing population, Africa is a dynamic - albeit diverse - world player, and amidst the political pacification and democratization of the continent, is also unfolding as an increasingly strong economic force in the world. These many factors contextualize the history and position of higher education in Africa as well. Despite rapid growth in recent years, higher education in Africa is less developed than anywhere else in the world. Major challenges include expanding participation in higher education, poor infrastructure, isolation from society and communities, internationalization and regional cooperation, and aligning the world of education with the world of work. The chapters in this volume are presented within this framework, with the intention that this volume will contribute to the scholarly discourse guiding the development of higher education in Africa.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84888190599&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/S1479-3679(2013)0000021004
DO - 10.1108/S1479-3679(2013)0000021004
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84888190599
SN - 9781781906989
T3 - International Perspectives on Education and Society
SP - 3
EP - 19
BT - The Development of Higher Education in Africa
A2 - Wiseman, Alexander
A2 - Wolhuter, Charl
ER -