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Bandawe, Chiwoza R. – Higher Education Policy, 2005
Higher education has often been targeted for criticism with regard to its lack of relevance when seeking to address the harsh realities of poor health, poverty and conflict in African countries. African universities have been seen as producing Western-influenced graduates who become an elite out of touch with their own indigenous worldview. In…
Descriptors: Psychology, Higher Education, Criticism, Relevance (Education)