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Direct linkOguntoyinbo, 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
Peer reviewedLange, Lis; Saavedra, F. Mauricio; Romano, Jeanine – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2013
This chapter presents a synthesis of the conceptualization and practice of institutional research (IR) in higher education (HE) in emerging countries across Southern Africa, Latin America and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions. The chapter contextualizes the growing need for IR in these regions, identifies problems and challenges…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Change, Institutional Research, Global Approach
Visser, Herman – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2008
African higher education is currently facing tremendous challenges. The pressure and demand for access is huge. This is understandable against the background of traditionally low participation, low success and throughput rates, declining financial contributions from governments and donors, and critical pressures for efficiency, modernization,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Research, Global Approach, Foreign Countries
Murimba, Saul – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2005
The quality of education is an issue of growing concern in many countries today, and there is increasing reliance on the employment of large-scale, scientific survey research techniques to study the quality issues, the monitoring and evaluation of the quality of education, and the formulation of policy interventions designed to improve quality.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Consortia, Regional Programs
Bowers, John E. – 1973
The expansion of The West African Examination Council's (WAEC) Test Development and Research Office (TEDRO), from January 1969 through August 1973, is described. The development of TEDRO as an institution was of primary importance; the continuation of test development and educational services was the other major goal during this period of time.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrative Organization, Aptitude Tests, Developing Nations
