Higher Education and Development in Africa
This book critically addresses concepts and analyses related to the higher education and development nexus in Africa. The study explores the expansion of higher education in Africa and its impact on development, modernization and the economy to situate Af
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Higher Education and Development in Africa
Pedro Uetela
Higher Education and Development in Africa
Pedro Uetela Maputo, Mozambique
ISBN 978-3-319-31140-1 ISBN 978-3-319-31141-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31141-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016941773 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover image © Afripics / Alamy Stock Photo Cover design by Paileen Currie Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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The debate concerning development has increasingly dominated government agendas and policies in many countries, including those in Africa. Although higher education is expanding across the African continent, it lags behind the universal opportunities that are available in the rest of the world. The low placement of African higher education on the global landscape has led researchers such as Teferra and Altbach (2004) to suggest that African universities operate under inadequate conditions, and that enabling them to catch up will be a very long process. My analysis of African higher education is similar to that of Teferra and Altbach (2004). As I illustrate through an examination of their hypothesis, the failure of African universities to foster growth may partly be due to the impact of social, political and economic disputes. As a result of these upheavals, nations such as Cape Verde, Djibouti, Gambia, Seychelles, and São Tomé and Príncipe have remained without higher education provision a long time. It took decades for those states to establish forms of higher learning (e.g. in Cape Verde, the first higher education institution, the Jean Piaget University, was created in 2001; in Djibouti and Gambia, there was no higher education inst
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