The business of higher education
Subtitle: a study of public-private partnerships in the provision of higher education in South Africa
By: Mahlubi Mabizela.
Series: HSRC research monograph; HSRC (Series)
Publisher: HSRC Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 97
Subjects: Education, Cooperative -- South Africa.; Education, Higher -- South Africa.; Distance education -- South Africa.; Higher education and state -- South Africa.
Description: The phenomenon of partnerships between public education institutions and private providers of higher education in South Africa began in the early 1990s. While partnerships emerged in the distance education sub-sector, they soon became a feature of the broader higher education landscape as many residential institutions began to venture into distance education. Private Institutions, for their part, realised the opportunity to mediate distance education with face-to-face support. However, the phenomenon has since spread to include other types of partnership. This monograph, based on an empirical study of the public-private partnerships that existed between 2002 and early 2003, offers the first compelling account of a hitherto under-researched phenomenon in higher education provision in South Africa.
Notes: "Research Programme on Human Resources Development."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-97).