higher education
- Challenges remaining to higher education reform in East Africa
- S. J. Hite; W. J. Jacob; J. Rew; T. D. Smith / Center for International and Development Education, University of California, Los Angeles, 2003
- This brief report looks at the educational reforms which are transforming higher education in East Africa. An overview is given on privatisation, expansion, standardisation, and technological development. Despite positive trend...
- Support needed for social science research and teaching in Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe
- E. Sall; K.P. Yap; M. Fellesson / Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2004
- This report is an inventory of the social science teaching and research in Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. It aims to: assess the current state of the social sciences and of social science knowledge producti...
- Impacts of higher education reforms, Hong Kong and Singapore
- M. H. Lee; S. Gopinathan / Center for International and Development Education, University of California, Los Angeles, 2004
- This paper examines and compares the developments and impacts of the most recent policy changes and reforms on the education systems in Hong Kong and Singapore. It suggests that corporation, marketisation, and privatisation have becom...
- Higher University educational attainment from student loans in Mexico
- A. Blom; E. Canton / World Bank, 2004
- This paper examines the effect of financial aid to students in higher education, in terms of the student loan programme (SOFES), on educational enrolment and attainment, in private universities in Mexico. In particular, it evaluates t...
- Brain drain in Africa: the challenges to higher education
- B. J. Ndulu / World Bank in Africa, 2004
- This paper looks at the emigration of skilled Africans to industrial countries, its impact on development in the region, and the challenges faced by institutions of higher learning in helping the region deal with this problem. ...
- Returns to education in the Baltic countries unusually low in the case of secondary, rather high in the case of higher education
- M. Hazans / Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies,, Latvia, 2003
- What are the returns to education in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania? The author estimates the returns to education in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and compares the results with evidence from other countries. Major findings are:...
- Inequalities in the access to higher education: trends in the post-communist period in the Czech Republic
- P. Mateju; B. Rehakova; N. Simonova / Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and the Economics Institute, Prague, 2004
- Has access to tertiary education become more or less equal since the end of the communist regime? This paper attempts to analyse equality of access to tertiary education in the Czech Republic from 1948-1998. The analysis is based on a...
- Labour market destinations of school and university graduates, Malawi
- E. Chipo Kadzamira / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003
- This report uses standard tracer survey techniques to investigate the labour market experiences of high school leavers and university graduates in Malawi, in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the education system and to explore c...
- African universities must adopt a comprehensive programme of action in response to HIV/AIDS
- P. Katjavivi; B. Otaala / Association of African Universities, 2003
- Up to recently higher education institutions had done very little in terms of response to the AIDS pandemic. The central message of this paper presented at the AAU Conference of Rectors, Vice Chancellors and Presidents of African Univ...
- Exploding the myth of unemployable university graduates in Africa
- S. Al-Samarrai; P. Bennell / Poverty and Social Policy Team, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK, 2003
- This report presents the main findings of an international research project evaluating the further education and employment experiences of secondary school leavers and university graduates in Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Usi...
- Brain drain in Africa: the challenges to higher education
- B. J. Ndulu / World Bank in Africa, 2004
- This paper looks at the emigration of skilled Africans to industrial countries, its impact on development in the region, and the challenges faced by institutions of higher learning in helping the region deal with this problem. ...
- Returns to education in the Baltic countries unusually low in the case of secondary, rather high in the case of higher education
- M. Hazans / Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies,, Latvia, 2003
- What are the returns to education in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania? The author estimates the returns to education in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and compares the results with evidence from other countries. Major findings are:...
- Inequalities in the access to higher education: trends in the post-communist period in the Czech Republic
- P. Mateju; B. Rehakova; N. Simonova / Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and the Economics Institute, Prague, 2004
- Has access to tertiary education become more or less equal since the end of the communist regime? This paper attempts to analyse equality of access to tertiary education in the Czech Republic from 1948-1998. The analysis is based on a...
- Labour market destinations of school and university graduates, Malawi
- E. Chipo Kadzamira / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003
- This report uses standard tracer survey techniques to investigate the labour market experiences of high school leavers and university graduates in Malawi, in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the education system and to explore c...
- African universities must adopt a comprehensive programme of action in response to HIV/AIDS
- P. Katjavivi; B. Otaala / Association of African Universities, 2003
- Up to recently higher education institutions had done very little in terms of response to the AIDS pandemic. The central message of this paper presented at the AAU Conference of Rectors, Vice Chancellors and Presidents of African Univ...
- Exploding the myth of unemployable university graduates in Africa
- S. Al-Samarrai; P. Bennell / Poverty and Social Policy Team, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK, 2003
- This report presents the main findings of an international research project evaluating the further education and employment experiences of secondary school leavers and university graduates in Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Usi...
- Learning to change: how can African universities successfully reposition themselves within the new global environment?
- A. Sawyerr / Association of African Universities, 2002
- African universities are struggling to reposition themselves in an ever changing global environment, so what strategies should they take? With transformations in the global and local political economy, and with factors shaping the wor...
- Problems associated with distance education
- A. Levine; J. C. Sun / American Council on Education, 2002
- Technology provides higher education with the potential to disseminate knowledge to more people than ever before. Despite the promise of distributed education and continued advancements in technology, significant barriers remain. This...
- How the University of Namibia reaches the goal of lifelong learning through ICTs
- T. Dodds / E-learning, Development Gateway, 2003
- This paper asks: how do universities maintain their long-established role of being the apex of national education systems through the maintenance of the highest standards of academic excellence, while meeting the growing pressure for ...
- Marketing education or educating the market? Perspectives on a global education marketplace
- M. Kwiek / Institute of Philosophy, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, 2002
- As state/market relations get changed with the advent of globalization, where does that leave universities, traditionally an important part of the public sector? This paper considers the position of the university, as it finds itself ...
- UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (UNESCO-IHE)
- UNESCO-IHE is an international institute for water education.
- The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa
- Partnership to coordinate support for higher education in Africa
- African Higher Education Research Online (AHERO)
- AHERO, administered by the Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, is an open access archive of texts that focus on the study, practice and governance of higher education in Africa. The collection includes research reports, journal articles, conference papers, book chapters, working papers, booklets, and policy documents. All...
- Bunda College of Agriculture
Provides training in food production, food security, conservation and natural resource management
