African Higher Education
Subtitle: An International Reference Handbook
By: Edited by Damtew Teferra and Philip G. Altbach
Contributors: Damtew Teferra (Editor); Philip G. Altbach (Editor)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 728
ISBN-13: 9780253341860
Copyright date: 2003
Subjects: Higher & further education; Higher Education (General); Education; Education / Teaching; Africa - General; Higher; Reference; Directories; Africa; Education, Higher; Handbooks, manuals, etc; Higher education
First sentence: African higher education, at the beginning of the new millennium, faces unprecedented challenges.
Description: A comprehensive single-volume reference on African higher education. Winner of the 2006 African Studies Association Conover-Porter Award

Synopsis--
Since their founding, African colleges and universities have faced numerous challenges. While most are legacies of colonialism, these institutions are affected by particular conditions and realities in their home countries. This book is the first comprehensive survey of all aspects and dimensions of higher education in Africa today. It includes a historical overview of higher educational resources in Africa; descriptions of the size, scope, and nature of higher education in each African nation; and analyses of current and timely topics, such as the state of private higher education in Africa, the financing and economics of higher education, gender issues, distance education, information and communication technologies, and university/state relations. The work concludes with an extensive bibliography of Ph.D. dissertations and other resources on the subject. Relevant for policymakers, development agencies, and university researchers, teachers, and administrators worldwide, African Higher Education is an important and basic reference.

REVIEWS

"African Higher Education, edited by Damtew Teferra and Philip G. Altbach, is remarkable for its breadth and ambition, and is useful as a reference tool for education professionals and experts on Africa. Teferra and Altbach have assembled a diverse collection of essays on higher education in Africa from a variety of international contributors, and have arranged these essays into two parts. The first section of the book features essays on general themes pertaining to higher education in Africa. These are similar to those found in scholarly journals of international comparative higher education. The second section is encyclopedic in character, and features comprehensive educational profiles on all the countries of Africa, ranging from Algeria to Zimbabwe. The third and final part of African Higher Education is a collection of bibliographic resources arranged by country and by theme." --WORLD EDUCATION NEWS AND REVIEWS

"[This] book has amazing coverage and is impressive by any standard. It should generate increased interest in African higher education and, more importantly, encourage research. For a topic that has been so inadequately researched up to this point, the chapters are collectively rich and informative. For American scholars interested in higher education research in Africa, distance and difference represent substantial challenges for conducting quality scholarship. The majority of those who contribute to this book are natives or African scholars, a fact that enhances its authenticity and validity. Overall this book is an ambitious endeavor, and the outcome is better than what could have been expected." --REVIEW OF HIGHER EDUCATION

"This book can't be categorized easily. Is it an encyclopedia or a group of essays? In any case, within it lies a marvelous wealth of information.... The volume is potentially useful for anyone planning to visit or work on education issues in Africa, but it would also serve as an excellent reader for comparative and higher education classes at the graduate and undergraduate level." -- COMPARATIVE EDUCATION REVIEW

"A new reference, African Higher Education: An International Reference Handbook, has recently been published by Indiana University Press. The editors have gathered a monumental amount of information on higher education in Africa, in each case sorted by nation. The pages of the handbook contain numerous charts and tables on enrollments, degree attainment, faculty, student/faculty ratios, fields of study, and university finances. There is also a series of essays that look into issues such as university governance, financing, distance education, language barriers, student activism, and foreign aid."—JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

"This book is a comprehensive survey of all aspects and dimensions of higher  education in Africa. It includes a historical overview of higher education, descriptions of the higher education  systems in each African country, and analyses of current and timely topics in higher education. Part 1, "Themes," contains 13 essays on trends in African  higher education, including discussions of finance, private higher  education, student activism, and women in African  higher education. Part 2, "Countries," contains 52 discussions of higher  education in individual African  countries arranged in alphabetical order. Part 3, "Higher  Education Resources," contains a "Bibliography in Higher Education  in Africa" by Damtew Teferra and Alma Maldonaldo-Maldonaldo (914 items) and "Doctoral Dissertations on Higher  Education in Africa: (Damtew Teferra  and Alma Maldonado-Maldonado) (301 items)." (SLD--E.R.I.C.)
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: vii; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: ix; title: Part 1. Themes
pagenum: 1; label: 1
pagenum: 3
title: Trends and Perspectives in African Higher Education  / Damtew Teferra and Philip G. Altbach; label: 2
pagenum: 15
title: The Development of Higher Education in Africa: A Historical Survey / Y.G-M. Lulat; label: 3
pagenum: 32
title: University Governance and University-State Relations / Kilemi Mwiria; label: 4
pagenum: 44
title: Financing and Economics of Higher Education in Africa / Maureen Woodhall; label: 5
pagenum: 53
title: Private Higher Education in Africa: Six Country Case Studies / Bev Thaver; label: 6
pagenum: 61
title: Foreign Aid Financing of Higher Education in Africa / Lynn Ilon; label: 7
pagenum: 73
title: Massification and Future Trends in African Higher Education / Richard Fehnel; label: 8
pagenum: 82
title: Women in Universities and University-Educated Women: The Current Situation in Africa / Eva M. Rathgeber; label: 9
pagenum: 93
title: Tertiary Distance Education and Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa / William Saint; label: 10
pagenum: 111
title: The Language Predicament in African Universities / Damtew Teferra; label: 11
pagenum: 117
title: Student Activism in African Higher Education / Irungu Munene; label: 12
pagenum: 128
title: Scientific Communication and Research in African Universities: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century / Damtew Teferra; label: 13
pagenum: 143
title: African Higher Education and the World / Philip G. Altbach; title: Part 2. Countries
pagenum: 149; label: 14
pagenum: 151
title: Algeria / Aman Attieh; label: 15
pagenum: 162
title: Angola /  Paulo de Carvalho, Víctor Kajibanga, and Franz-Wilhelm Heimer; label: 16
pagenum: 176
title: Benin /  Corbin Michel Guedegbe; label: 17
pagenum: 182
title: Botswana / Sheldon G. Weeks; label: 18
pagenum: 195
title: Burkina-Faso / Wendengoudi Guenda; label: 19
pagenum: 204
title: Burundi / Juma Shabani; label: 20
pagenum: 215
title: Cameroon / Dorothy L. Njeuma; label: 21
pagenum: 224
title: Cape Verde / Richard A. Lobban, Jr., and Richard Leary; label: 22
pagenum: 229
title: Central African Republic / Gaston M. NíGuerekata; title: Chad / Mahamat-Ahmed Al Habo
label: 23; label: 24
pagenum: 248
title: Comoros, Reunion, and Seychelles (Indian Ocean Islands) /  Hassan Ez-zaïm; label: 25
pagenum: 252
title: Congo (Brazzaville) /  Gaspard Mbemba; label: 26
pagenum: 265
title: Congo, Democratic Republic of (Zaire) /  Matundu Lelo; label: 27
pagenum: 273
title: Cote d'Ivoire /  Pascal Valentin Houenou and Yveline Houenou-Agbo; label: 28
pagenum: 281
title: Djibouti / Nabil Mohamed and Damtew Teferra; label: 29
pagenum: 285
title: Egypt / Mohsen Elmahdy Said; label: 30
pagenum: 301
title: Equatorial Guinea / Deborah Pomeroy; label: 31
pagenum: 309
title: Eritrea / Cheryl Sternman Rule; label: 32
pagenum: 316
title: Ethiopia / Habtamu Wondimu; label: 33
pagenum: 326
title: Gabon /  Vincent Mintsa mi-Eya; label: 34
pagenum: 330
title: Gambia /  Kabba E. Colley; label: 35
pagenum: 338
title: Ghana /  Paul Effah; label: 36
pagenum: 350
title: Guinea /  Soriba Sylla with Hassan Ez-zaïm and Damtew Teferra; label: 37
pagenum: 355
title: Guinea-Bissau /  Julieta Mendes; label: 38
pagenum: 359
title: Kenya /  Charles Ngome; label: 39
pagenum: 372
title: Lesotho /  Matora Ntimo-Makara; label: 40
pagenum: 381
title: Liberia /  Patrick L. N. Seyon; label: 41
pagenum: 391
title: Libya /  Ali El-Hawat; label: 42
pagenum: 403
title: Madagascar /  James Stiles; label: 43
pagenum: 414
title: Malawi /  Joseph P.A. Chimombo; label: 44
pagenum: 423
title: Mali / Diola Bagayoko and Moussa M. Diawara; label: 45
pagenum: 431
title: Mauritania /  Ahmed Kharchi; label: 46
pagenum: 440
title: Mauritius /  R. Baichoo, S.K.A. Parahoo, and I. Fagoonee; label: 47
pagenum: 449
title: Morocco /  Mohamed Ouakrime; label: 48
pagenum: 462
title: Mozambique /  Arlindo Chilundo; label: 49
pagenum: 476
title: Namibia /  Barnabas Otaala; label: 50
pagenum: 487
title: Niger /  Abdoulaye Niandou Souley; label: 51
pagenum: 492
title: Nigeria /  Munzali Jibril; label: 52
pagenum: 500
title: Rwanda / Jolly Mazimhaka and G.F. Daniel; label: 53
pagenum: 512
title: Sao Tome and Principé / Maria de Lourdes Machado-Taylor, Lucio Lima Viegas Pinto and James S. Taylor; label: 54
pagenum: 516
title: Senegal /  Honore-Georges Ndiaye; label: 55
pagenum: 527
title: Sierra Leone / Joseph B. A. Kandeh, Thomas M. Dugba, and Joseph L. Pessima; label: 56
pagenum: 536
title: Somalia and Somaliland/  Mohamed Nur-Awaleh; label: 57
pagenum: 545
title: South Africa / George Subotzky; label: 58
pagenum: 563
title: Sudan / M. E. A. El Tom; label: 59
pagenum: 574
title: Swaziland /  Margaret Zoller Booth; label: 60
pagenum: 583
title: Tanzania /  Daniel Mkude and Brian Cooksey; label: 61
pagenum: 595
title: Togo /  Emmanuel A.B.K.M. Edee; label: 62
pagenum: 601
title: Tunisia /  Benoît Millot, Jeffrey Waite, and Hedi Zaiem; label: 63
pagenum: 611
title: Uganda /  Nakanyike B. Musisi; label: 64
pagenum: 624
title: Zambia /  Y. G-M. Lulat; label: 65
pagenum: 636
title: Zimbabwe /  Raymund Maunde; title: Part 3 Higher Education Resources; title: Bibliography on Higher Education in Africa /  Damtew Teferra and Alma Maldonado-Maldonado
pagenum: 651; title: Doctoral Dissertations on Higher Education in Africa /  Damtew Teferra and Alma Maldonado-Maldonado
pagenum: 683; title: Index of Themes and Countries
pagenum: 701; title: Index of Institutions
pagenum: 709