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How Does the Use of Open Digital Spaces Impact Students Success and Dropout in a Virtual University?
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Sylla, Khalifa; Nkwetchoua, Guy Merlin Mbatchou; Bouchet, François – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2022
Virtual universities have developed considerably over the past decade, particularly on the African continent. They provide a way to deal with the considerable need to educate a large young population, but the lack of physical space can be a drawback that prevents students from succeeding and increasing dropout compared to a more traditional…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Virtual Universities, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries
A Passion for Africa
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Oguntoyinbo, Lekan – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
The malaria center is at the heart of the kind of work Michigan State University's (MSU) African Studies Center has been engaged in on the African continent since it was founded half a century ago. The university is marking the center's 50th anniversary this year with a series of events that include large photo exhibits at one of the university's…
Descriptors: African Studies, Exhibits, Foreign Countries, Institutional Characteristics
The eLearning Fellowship Program at the University of Jos, Nigeria
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Adewumi, S. E.; Dooga, J.; Dakas, D. C. J.; Yakmut, D. I.; Mafwil, T. J. – Distance Education, 2011
This report describes the eLearning Fellowship Program at the University of Jos (UNIJOS), first introduced in October 2008 through a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and recently adopted by the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa (PHEA) Educational Technology Initiative (ETI). The fellowship is a one-year program aimed at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Fellowships, Electronic Learning
Insights from the Health OER Inter-Institutional Project
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Harley, Ken – Distance Education, 2011
Open educational resources (OER) are gaining ascendancy in education, particularly in higher education. Logic suggests that the potential benefits of OER are likely to be greatest in resource-poor contexts such as Africa. However, little is known about the feasibility and sustainability of their use in African institutions. In the Health OER…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Resources, Feasibility Studies, Sustainability
Africa-U.S. Higher Education Collaboration Initiative: Empowering African Higher Education for Africa's Transformation. A Discussion Paper for the Africa Region Post-Summit Workshop. Working Paper
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National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, 2008
This paper examines how higher education can contribute to Africa's transformation, reviews the challenges and priorities for higher education institution building, and introduces a proposed partnership program among African and U.S. higher education institutions to strengthen African higher education. In July of 2007 the National Association of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, Institutional Cooperation
Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local. Third Edition
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Arnove, Robert F., Ed.; Torres, Carlos Alberto, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007
This book brings together many of the outstanding scholars in the field of comparative and international education to provide new perspectives on the dynamic interplay of global, national, and local forces as they shape the functioning and outcomes of education systems in specific contexts. Various chapters in the book call for a rethinking of the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Social Change, Outcomes of Education