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Direct linkBryan Penprase; Noah Pickus – Princeton University Press, 2023
Higher education is perpetually in crisis, buffeted by increasing costs and a perceived lack of return on investment, campus culture that is criticized for stifling debate on controversial topics, and a growing sense that the liberal arts are outmoded and irrelevant. Some observers even put higher education on the brink of death. "The New…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Peer reviewedAmuzu, Delali – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2023
African ideas, science, technology, scholarship and worldviews have been disproportionately displaced and marginalized in relevant global dialogues. In academic circles, African methods of knowing have been questioned, undervalued, mocked, misconstrued, and disregarded, causing apprehension. These negative attitudes are internalized via the…
Descriptors: African Culture, Disadvantaged, Indigenous Knowledge, Innovation
Dickson Okello; Patience Mshenga; Mwanarusi Saidi; Fahad Juma; Sassi Maria; Antony Egeru; Elisha Gogo – Discover Education, 2024
This study focused on mapping agripreneurship curriculum and lecturers' competencies in 8 African Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), participating in the Strengthening Agri-Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement Training in East, West and North Africa (AgriENGAGE) joint Project. A sample of 194 lecturers from East, West, and North Africa…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Teacher Competencies, Agricultural Education
Ramsey, P. L.; Khan, S. – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2021
Tertiary educators may seek innovative ways to meet the needs of their learners. However, due to the conservative environment of most universities, innovative tertiary teachers often find themselves facing dilemmas: situations in which they must decide between apparently contradictory objectives. This paper reports findings from thematic analysis…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Innovation
Download full textLysenko, Iryna; Stepenko, Serhii; Dyvnych, Hanna – Education Sciences, 2020
Under globalization conditions, the main priority of the state education policy in many countries of the world is to ensure higher education quality. This is possible through close and efficient cooperation between the state, higher education institutions, future specialists, employers and innovative structures (clusters). This study focuses on…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Indicators, Competition
Peter Neema-Abooki, Editor – Palgrave Macmillan, 2024
This book delves into the role of higher education as a means of sustainable development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Contributions from across the region examine the strategies and technological advances available to enable students to deal with an uncertain future and are organised under two key themes: Curriculum and Teaching and Higher Education and…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Higher Education, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance
Parrish, Dominique, Ed. – IntechOpen, 2020
Higher education contributes to the development of countries and their competitiveness in a global marketplace. However, to remain relevant and meet the demands of an ever-changing world, institutions and their operations must progress in unison with the changing world in which they function. Innovation can play a critical role in transforming and…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Educational Practices, Educational Change
Fomunyam, Kehdinga George – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2020
Machine learning technology is currently a new frontier for higher education globally, and the African higher education system needs to change in tandem with this technological trend in order to combat challenges faced by the system. These challenges include lack of institutional research to discover new knowledge, unfavorable methods of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Higher Education, Educational Technology
Kiravu, Cheddi; Diaz-Maurin, François; Giampietro, Mario; Brent, Alan C.; Bukkens, Sandra G.F.; Chiguvare, Zivayi; Gasennelwe-Jeffrey, Mandu A.; Gope, Gideon; Kovacic, Zora; Magole, Lapologang; Musango, Josephine Kaviti; Ruiz-Rivas Hernando, Ulpiano; Smit, Suzanne; Vázquez Barquero, Antonio; Yunta Mezquita, Felipe – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: This paper aims to present a new master's programme for promoting energy access and energy efficiency in Southern Africa. Design/methodology/approach: A transdisciplinary approach called "participatory integrated assessment of energy systems" (PARTICIPIA) was used for the development of the curriculum. This approach is based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Programs, Energy, Interdisciplinary Approach
Kanwar, A. S.; Carr, A.; Ortlieb, K.; Mohee, R. – Distance Education, 2018
With the growing demand for tertiary education, especially in Africa, the transformation of contact universities to dual-mode institutions is critical. However, conventional universities have had limited success establishing the dual-mode delivery stream. This paper assesses barriers to adoption and implementation of open and distance learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Distance Education, Conventional Instruction
Oparinde, Kunle M.; Govender, Vaneshree; Moyo, Sibusiso – Perspectives in Education, 2022
In this paper, an attempt was made to locate the role of internationalisation in African Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). It is argued that comprehensive international, intercultural, and global dimensions in the affairs of African tertiary institutions provide for a more nuanced and diversified higher education landscape. Through a desk…
Descriptors: International Education, Higher Education, Diversity, Inclusion
Rambe, Patient; Moeti, Mamello – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017
Challenges of broadening access, escalating cost, maintaining desirable quality and enhancing meaningful learning experiences in African higher education (HE) have spurred debates on how to restructure higher education delivery to meet the diverse needs of heterogeneous learners and adapt pedagogical models to the educational realities of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Online Courses, Models
Cross, Michael; Backhouse, Judy – Higher Education Policy, 2014
Models of doctoral education in Africa remained similar to those in European universities, well into the 2000s. However, there has been an increasing realisation that such programmes are ill-suited for the African realities. With recent efforts to revitalise higher education in Africa, considerable attention has been placed on the need to explore…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Higher Education, Relevance (Education)
Knight, Jane – Comparative Education, 2013
Education hubs are important new developments. They represent a new generation of cross-border education activities where critical mass, co-location and connection between international, regional and local universities, students, research institutes and private industry are key. Different scales (city, zone and country) and types (student, talent,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, International Education, International Cooperation
Asamoah, Moses Kumi; Mackin, Eva Esi – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2015
Higher education institutions (HEI) are established to address human resource needs by producing graduates with the relevant knowledge, skills and attitude for the labour market and improving the country's ability to maximize its long-term economic, social and political developments. The fetters of higher education are the challenges bedeviling…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Appropriate Technology, Educational Development
