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African Universities in the Twenty-first Century

Volume I: Liberalisation and Internationalisation
Volume II: Knowledge and Society
Edited by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza Adebayo Olukoshi

Volume I:  Published January 2004; 332 pages, ISBN 2-86978-124-5
Volume II: April 2004; ISBN 2-86978-125-3  350 pages

As the twenty-first century unfolds, African universities and indeed universities everywhere, are undergoing unprecedented change and confronting multiple challenges brought about by the vast and complex processes of globalisation and technological change. Powerful internal and external forces – political, pecuniary and paradigmatic – are reconfiguring all aspects of university life constituted around the triple mission of teaching, research and service.

The need for redefining the role and defending the importance of universities has never been greater. How are African universities trying to balance the demands of autonomy and accountability, expansion and excellence, equity and efficiency, diversification and differentiation, internationalisation and indigenisation in the face of liberalization and privatisation, and as they address the new challenges of knowledge production and dissemination, of Africanising global scholarship and globalising African scholarship? What innovative approaches can they adopt to facilitate the sustainable development of African economies, societies, and polities?

The two volumes in series address these issues. They articulate new values and missions for African universities, and define effective strategies to meet the challenges. Written by some of Africa’s leading educators, Volume I examines the implications of the neoliberal reforms and the new information technologies on African higher education, while Volume II interrogates the changing social dynamics of knowledge production, university organization, and public service and engagement.

Paul Tiyambe Zeleza is a historian, literary critic, novelist and short-story writer, a professor of African studies and history at Pennsylvania State University, and formerly director of the Center for African Studies at the University of Illinois. He is the author of scores of essays and more than a dozen books, including most recently, the and . He is the winner of the 1994 Noma Award and the 1998 Special Commendation of the Noma Award. He has published extensively on contemporary politics in Africa. Rethinking Africa’s Globalization Routledge Encyclopaedia of Twentieth Century African History Science and Technology in Africa

Adebayo Olukoshi graduated from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and Leeds University, England, and is Professor of International Relations. He was Director of Research at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos, and Programme Officer at the Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala. He is currently Executive Secretary of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar.

Volume I:  Published January 2004; 332 pages, ISBN 2-86978-124-5 (pb)   £20.00 /$30.00/ 14 000CFA

Volume II: April 2004; 350 pages; ISBN 2-86978-125-3 (pb)   £20.00 /$30.00/ 14 000CFA

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Contents

Volume I: Liberalisation and Internationalisation

• Introduction: The Struggle for African Universities and Knowledges
  Adebayo Olukoshi and Paul Tiyambe Zeleza

Part I : Liberalisation and Privatisation 

• Chapter 1: Policy Responses to Global Transformation by African Higher Education Systems
  Teboho Moja 

• Chapter 2: Neo-Liberalism and Academic Freedom
  Paul Tiyambe Zeleza 

• Chapter 3: Private Higher Education in Africa: Six Country Case Studies
  Beverley Thaver 

• Chapter 4: Can Student Loan Schemes Ensure Access to Higher Education? South Africa's Experience
  Meagan Van Harte 

• Chapter 5: Public Universities, Private Funding: The Challenges in East Africa
  Chacha Nyaigotti-Chacha

• Chapter 6: Academic Dilemmas Under Neo-Liberal Education Reforms: A Review of Makerere University, Uganda
  Quintas Oula Obong 

• Chapter 7: The Market Model of Financing State Universities in Kenya: Some Innovative Lessons
  Fredrick Muyia Nafukho 

• Chapter 8: The Impact of Cost-Sharing Policy on the Living Conditions of Students in Kenyan Public Universities: The Case of Nairobi and Moi Universities
  Dinah Mwinzi

• Chapter 9: The Cost-Sharing Dilemma in Nigerian Universities: Empirical Lessons for Policy Adjustment
  Isaac N. Obasi and Eric C. Eboh

Part II: Technology and Academic Exchanges

• Chapter 10: Creating E-quality in Africa: Networking for Learning
  Maria A. Beebe 

• Chapter 11: Curriculum (Co)Development with African Universities: Negotiating Power/Knowledge Dynamics Across Two Digital Divides
  Pearl T. Robinson, Paula Aymer and Steve Cohen

• Chapter 12 : Toward the Globalisation of Tertiary Distance Education in Africa
  Gbolagade Adekanmbi

• Chapter 13: Vanishing Borders and New Boundaries: Student and Staff Mobility and the Internationalisation of South African Higher Education
  Michael Cross and Sepideh Rouhani 

• Chapter 14: Return to Sender: Using African Intellectual Diaspora to Establish Academic Links
  Uwem E. Ite 

• Chapter 15: Building on the Past: African and American Linkages in the 21st Century
  Cassandra R. Veney

• Bibliography

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Volume II: Knowledge and Society 

Part III: Knowledge Production and Dissemination 

• Chapter 1: Perceptions of ‘Africanisation’ or ‘Endogenisation’ at African Universities: Issues and Recommendations
  Peter Crossman 

• Chapter 2: New Modes of Knowledge Production: Peril or Promise for Developing Countries?
  George Subotzky and Gabriel Cele 

• Chapter 3: The Crisis of Research and Academic Publishing in Nigerian Universities
  Ayodeji Olukoju 

• Chapter 4 Knowledge Creation and Dissemination in African Universities with Special Reference to ICT
  Damtew Teferra 

• Chapter 5: Provision of Scholarly Information in Higher Education in Zambia
  Muyoyeta Simui 

• Chapter 6: Academic and Research Libraries in Cameroon: Current State and Future Perspectives
  Innocent Afuh Awasom 

• Chapter 7: Students’ Perceptions of Teacher and Library Quality in Tertiary Institutions in Namibia: A Factor Analytical Approach
  Njoku O. Ama and H. O. Ama 

Part IV: State, Society and Struggles 

• Chapter 8: The Role of the State in the Transformation of South African Higher Education (1994–2002): Equity and Redress Revisited
  Marcus Balintulo 

• Chapter 9: Students and the Struggle Against Authoritarianism in University Governance in Nigeria
  Jeremiah J. Dibua 

• Chapter 10: Higher Education for Africa's Women: Partners with or Cheerleaders for Men?
  Philomina E. Okeke 

• Chapter 11: Strategies for Enhancing Female Participation at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  Julita Nawe 

• Chapter 12: Women and Leadership Positions in Higher Education: A Study of Kenyan Universities
  Ruth N. Otunga and Millicent A. Ojwang 

• Chapter 13: Dichotomy or Continuity: The Relationship Between Higher, Secondary and Primary Education in Botswana
  Wazha G. Morapedi

• Chapter 14 : The Expansion of University Programmes and Problems of Under- and Over-Supply of Skilled Personnel in Kenya: An Overview
  Frederick Q. Gravenir 

• Chapter 15: Graduate Employment: Investing in the Service Mandate of the African University
  Muhammad K. Mayanja 

• Chapter 16: University–Industry Relations in Nigeria
  Mbuk B. Ebong 

• Chapter 17: African Higher Education Institutions Responding to the HIV/AIDS Pandemic
  Peter H. Katjavivi and Barnabas Otaala 

• Conclusion – The African University in the Twenty-First Century: Future Challenges and a Research Agenda
  Adebayo Olukoshi and Paul Tiyambe Zeleza 

• Bibliography 

• Index   

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