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Swanepoel, C. H. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2010
During the past two decades, higher education in South Africa has been affected drastically by transformation. An issue that has specifically been influenced is master's degrees. A significant increase in the demand for access to course work master's degrees has been experienced, while universities themselves have been confronted with a new…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Degrees, Expectation, Graduate Study
Naidoo, B.; Devnarain, B. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2009
The decline in civic participation, dwindling support for social services and deficits in state budgets, has created a climate in which higher education, supported by several policies, has to make a commitment to contribute to the reconstruction and development of society by linking academic programmes to community-based priorities (Campbell…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Service Learning, Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education
de Wet, Corene; Wolhuter, Charl – South African Journal of Education, 2009
In this study enrolment numbers and levels, as well as language-in-education, were viewed from a linear, comparative perspective. In the era prior to 1994, black and white learners not only attended separate schools but the segregated schools had different policies regarding medium of instruction. Resistance to the language policy regarding black…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Segregation, Blacks, White Students
Heystek, Jan – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2006
This article focuses on the relationship between principals and school governing bodies in South Africa. Although there are several different groups represented on the governing body, this article relates mainly to the role and function of the parental representatives. The parents have a majority on the governing bodies and therefore have an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Board Administrator Relationship, Governing Boards
Vulgamore, Melvin L. – AGB Reports, 1989
Albion College established a study team of board members, faculty, and students on both sides of the South Africa divestment question to educate the campus community and determine institutional policy. After a year of study, the team decided to invest in South Africa rather than withdraw resources and reduce influence. (MSE)
Descriptors: Apartheid, College Role, Governing Boards, Higher Education
Prinsloo, Sakkie – South African Journal of Education, 2006
The establishment of school governing bodies represents a significant decentralisation of power in the South African school system. Whilst such decentralisation could well be expected to mean an increase in democratic participation in the governance of schools, this is not necessarily the case. The State, its functionaries, and organs of the State…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Governance, Government (Administrative Body)

Zietsman, Aletta; Gering, Michael – Higher Education, 1986
The testing of a dual admission system in a South African university, aimed at removal of racial, social, or religious discrimination in college admission policy, found that the system is capable of identifying talented but disadvantaged students. (MSE)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries
Payton, Robert L. – AGB Reports, 1988
A former college president and corporate foundation president examines moral and economic issues relating to college withdrawal of investments in South Africa, using the experiences of Harvard University and Exxon stock for illustration. (MSE)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Ethics, Governing Boards, Higher Education
Karlsson, Jenni – 1997
Partnerships between the South African state and nonstate sectors have become a strategic element in the implementation of education policy. Six policy texts, as exemplars of state support for partnerships, are presented. The notion of partnership is used in a theoretical way so as to suggest reasons for governmental support in the context of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement

Penny, Alan; And Others – Comparative Education Review, 1993
Interviews with South African principals of traditionally White, Indian, and "colored" schools examined school policies and procedures about admitting students of other races and principals' views of impending changes. Five case studies represent the range of responses to integration. A predominant ideology of "racelessness"…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Acculturation, Administrator Attitudes, Admission (School)
Mbananga, Nolwazi – Health Education, 2004
This paper reports on an empirical study that investigated the content of and perceptions about reproductive health information among school teachers and learners in a rural area of South Africa. Qualitative methods were used to assess the dissemination and acceptability of and perceptions about information related to HIV/AIDS, sexuality, family…
Descriptors: Family Planning, Health Promotion, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Cultural Differences
Maithufi, I. P. – 1997
Education in South Africa underwent major changes with the passage of the South African Schools Act of 1996. The details of this act and some of its consequences are outlined in this report. The paper opens with the particulars of the act and delves into the act's wording, asking "What is basic education?" and "What is meant by…
Descriptors: Desegregation Methods, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Innovation
Mestry, Raj – South African Journal of Education, 2006
In the Schools Act No. 84 of 1996 school governing bodies are mandated to manage the funds of schools. The Act also provides guidelines for the school governing body and the principal on their roles and responsibilities in managing the finances of the school. However, some members of school governing bodies and principals either have little…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Governing Boards, Educational Finance, Money Management
Brown, David – 1998
A 1996 South African law vested elementary/secondary school governing bodies with formation of school policy concerning both language(s) used for instruction and those selected for second-language study. The study reported here investigated the perceptions of language teachers, principals, and governing body members on language policy, policy…
Descriptors: African Languages, Afrikaans, Curriculum Design, Educational Policy
Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Ermenc, Klara Skubic, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2014
This volume contains papers submitted to the 12th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Sofia and Nessebar, Bulgaria, in June 2014, and papers submitted to the 2nd International Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre 'Scientific Cooperation,' Rostov-on-Don,…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Global Approach, Competence, Comparative Education