Higher Education and Development in Africa

• Main Author: Uetela, Pedro (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Education.; Africa > Politics and government.; International education.; Comparative education.; Higher education.; Development economics.; Economic development.; Social change.; Higher Education.; International and Comparative Education.; Development and Social Change.; Development Economics.; African Politics.

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 Africa within global debates on higher educatio...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Contextualizing the Book and Framing the Approaches to Development in Africa
• Chapter 2. Higher Education and Development: Global Trends
• Chapter 3. Genesis and Early Developments of Higher Education and Modernisation in Africa
• Chapter 4. Governance and Operation of Universities: The Case and State of Higher Education Administration in Mozambique
• Chapter 5. Higher Education and Economic Growth in Africa and Supplementary Policy Reforms.