Quality in African Higher Education

Development Perspectives from Selected Regions
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-49565-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 435 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: Sustainable Development Goals Series

This book examines quality higher education as a stimulus for sustainable development in Eastern and Southern Africa. Its underlying principle flaunts quality higher education as indispensable for sustainable development on the continent. The first part of the florilegium discusses the context and need for sustainable development in Africa, using higher education as an impetus. The second part focuses on quality assurance processes and mechanisms for enhancing African higher education in the damnedest to drive sustainable development. The book will be of interest to researchers and protagonists of higher education, education management, and sustainable development.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Neema-Abooki, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Internationales Management
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Berufs- und Studienberatung, Karriereplanung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Vergleichende und Empirische Bildungsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Hochschuldidaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

 Chapter 1. Quality Higher Education for Sustainable Development in Africa.- 

Part I: Higher Education and Sustainable Development in Africa .- 

Chapter 2. Higher Education in Africa A catalyst for the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals.- 

Chapter 3. Fostering Transformative Pedagogy in African Higher Education Attainment of Agenda 2063 Vision.- 

Chapter 4. Use of Information and Communication Technology in Higher Education Institutions  Analysis of the East African Experience.- 

Chapter 5. Labour Market and University-Industry Cooperation The Case of Graduate Employability in Tanzania.- 

Chapter 6. The roles of higher education in the green economy transition in Uganda.- 

Chapter 7. Re-imagining the Sustainable African University Post-Corona Virus Pandemic.- 

Chapter 8. Synergy in Revenue Generation An Element of Financial Sustainability for Public Universities in Uganda.- 

Chapter 9. Budgeting and Financial Management at Gulu University Perspectives of Higher Education Advancement.- 

Part II: Quality Assurance Processes and Trends in African Higher Education.- 

Chapter 10. Enhancing Equity, Access, Relevance, and Quality in Higher Education in the Southern African Development Community Region.- 

Chapter 11. Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Quality Assurance Mechanisms and Processes in Higher Education Institutions in Tanzania  A Case of Mzumbe University.- 

Chapter 12. Using Six Quality Concepts of Total Quality Management A Benchmark for Designing a World Class University in Institutions of Higher Learning in Tanzania.- 

Chapter 13. Professionalising of Quality Assurance Practitioners in Southern African Education.- 

Chapter 14. The Role of Online Learning Platforms (OLPs) in Transforming African Higher Education.- 

Chapter 15. Quality Assurance Trends and Practices in the Context of internationalisation of Higher Education in Continental Africa.- 

Chapter 16. Assessing Quality of Higher Education through Institutional Quality Audit Perspectives from Africa.- 

Chapter 17. Transforming Assessment Practices in Higher Education in Africa.- 

Chapter 18. Higher Education and the Transformation of Society Lessons from Universities in Uganda.- 

Chapter 19. The Influence of Global and Regional Agenda on Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa A reflection on policies and practices for social transformation.- 

Chapter 20. Epilogue Sustainable Development of Quality Higher Education in Africa

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Neema-Abooki is a Professor of Higher Educational Management Studies and Development/Business and Management in Uganda, with academic associations in South Africa and Namibia. He is an Alumnus of DIES-National Multiplication Trainings (NMT), University of Potsdam, Germany; consequent of which he has conducted a training of trainers (ToT) at Namibia University (UNAM). His other books include Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Eastern and Southern Africa: Regional and Continental Perspectives, QualityAssessment and Enhancement in Higher Education in Africa,  and The Sustainability of Higher Education in Sub-Sahara Africa: Quality Assurance Perspectives.