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Higher Education as a Field of Study: An Analysis of 495 Academic Programs, Research Centers, and Institutes across 48 Countries Worldwide
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Chan, Roy Y. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2019
The field of higher education studies has expanded dramatically in recent years. Notably, research centers/institutes and academic programs devoted to the field of higher education (tertiary education) has increased worldwide to now include peer-reviewed journals, books, reports and publications. Utilizing secondary data from 277 higher education…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study, College Programs, Research and Development Centers, Periodicals
What Does an Inventory of Recent Innovation Experiences Tell Us about Agricultural Innovation in Africa?
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Triomphe, Bernard; Floquet, Anne; Kamau, Geoffrey; Letty, Brigid; Vodouhe, Simplice Davo; Ng'ang'a, Teresiah; Stevens, Joe; van den Berg, Jolanda; Selemna, Nour; Bridier, Bernard; Crane, Todd; Almekinders, Cornelia; Waters-Bayer, Ann; Hocde, Henri – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2013
Purpose: Within the context of the European-funded JOLISAA project (JOint Learning in and about Innovation Systems in African Agriculture), an inventory of agricultural innovation experiences was made in Benin, Kenya and South Africa. The objective was to assess multi-stakeholder agricultural innovation processes involving smallholders. Approach:…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Innovation, Agriculture, Foreign Countries
Back to Africa: Second Chances for the Children of West African Immigrants
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Bledsoe, Caroline H.; Sow, Papa – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2011
This paper examines the phenomenon of West African parents living in Europe and North America who send their older children back home: from places of high immigrant aspiration to those of hardship and privation. Drawing on a project on West African immigration to Europe and on previous field studies in Africa, we conclude that West African…
Descriptors: Field Studies, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Parent Aspiration
One Family, Two Households: Rural-Urban Kin Networks in Nairobi.
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Weisner, Thomas S. – 1970
The document examines appropriate units for studying changes in familial relations and rural-urban ties, including the importance of the increasing interdependence of rural and urban contexts in family interaction. There have been two broadly contrasting approaches to the problems of urbanization and family change in Africa: (1)…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Surveys, Employment Patterns, Family Characteristics
Language Problems in Demographic Field Work in Africa: The Case of the Cameroon Fertility Survey. Scientific Reports, No. 2.
Ware, Helen – 1977
This report is the result of a two-month study commissioned by the World Fertility Survey prior to the inclusion of Cameroon in the WFS program, in order to examine the problem of linguistic diversity and the obstacles this problem might pose to a demographic survey of the country. The study was to propose a strategy which would uphold the WFS…
Descriptors: Abortions, African Languages, Basaa, Birth Rate
Is the School the Enemy of the Farm? The African Experience. African Rural Economy Paper No. 22.
Hanson, John W.
Primary schooling in Africa is not the enemy of farming it has been thought to be, according to an analysis of relevant field research. Primary school leavers are pragmatic about farming. They frequently delay their farming efforts until their prospects look good. Many rural school leavers migrate to urban centers because of simple economics…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Dropouts, Elementary Education, Farmers