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A Comparison of Institutional Climates in Higher Education in the United States and South Africa
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Taylor, Juanyce Deanna – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Increasing opportunities and access of historically underrepresented populations to higher education in both the United States and South Africa have proved challenging due to institutional climates that are perceived as unwelcoming and unsupportive. The purpose of this study was to investigate factors relating to institutional climates to uncover…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, College Environment, Higher Education
Making Sense of the University Environment in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Administrators in the Executive Management Team
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Dominguez-Whitehead, Yasmine – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Higher education in post-apartheid South Africa has experienced a relatively rapid changing landscape (Cloete, Maassen, Fehnel, & Moja, 2006). As such, the organizational environment in which university administrators operate is an increasingly important area of study. This study is grounded in organizational theory and adopts an open systems…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Environment, Social Systems, College Administration