higher education
- 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 ...
- The state of Iraq's universities
- A. Lawler / SciDev.Net, 2003
- This article argues that despite the recent opening of Baghdad's Al-Mansour University College, Iraq's once-proud university system is weakened by more than a decade of economic sanctions, brain drain, and political oppression. Scores...
- Higher education requires radical new vision in Arab region
- Education Sector, UNESCO, 2003
- This paper reports on the progress made in the Arab region five years after the World Conference on Higher Education (Paris, 1998). The paper has been produced in preparation for the Meeting of Higher Education Partners in June 2003. ...
- How do higher education institutions in Africa, Asia and Latin America use the internet?
- D. Diocaretz; J. de Kloet / International Institute of Infonomics, 2002
- This document synthesises and comments on the results of three regional studies into the use of the internet in higher education in the South. The authors state that relatively little is known about the impact of ICT on the higher edu...
- Enabling factors to improve women's participation in the management of higher education
- J. K. S. Singh / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2002
- This handbook brings together examples of international, regional, national, institutional and classroom strategies and practices which strengthen the access and participation of women in higher education's management structures. ...
- World Bank policy on tertiary education
- J. Salmi / Education Section, Human Development Department, World Bank, 2002
- This paper argues that in the context of the global knowledge economy, tertiary education is even more important to emerging economies than it ever was. The author states that knowledge accumulation and application has become one of t...
- Can distance learning encourage more women in Asia to participate in higher education?
- A. Kanwar; M. Taplin / Commonwealth of Learning, 2001
- The document presents a number of case studies exploring women's participation in higher education. It is noted that a number of factors have traditionally hindered women's education at this level and that distance education can addre...
- The state of Iraq's universities
- A. Lawler / SciDev.Net, 2003
- This article argues that despite the recent opening of Baghdad's Al-Mansour University College, Iraq's once-proud university system is weakened by more than a decade of economic sanctions, brain drain, and political oppression. Scores...
- Higher education requires radical new vision in Arab region
- Education Sector, UNESCO, 2003
- This paper reports on the progress made in the Arab region five years after the World Conference on Higher Education (Paris, 1998). The paper has been produced in preparation for the Meeting of Higher Education Partners in June 2003. ...
- How do higher education institutions in Africa, Asia and Latin America use the internet?
- D. Diocaretz; J. de Kloet / International Institute of Infonomics, 2002
- This document synthesises and comments on the results of three regional studies into the use of the internet in higher education in the South. The authors state that relatively little is known about the impact of ICT on the higher edu...
- Enabling factors to improve women's participation in the management of higher education
- J. K. S. Singh / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2002
- This handbook brings together examples of international, regional, national, institutional and classroom strategies and practices which strengthen the access and participation of women in higher education's management structures. ...
- World Bank policy on tertiary education
- J. Salmi / Education Section, Human Development Department, World Bank, 2002
- This paper argues that in the context of the global knowledge economy, tertiary education is even more important to emerging economies than it ever was. The author states that knowledge accumulation and application has become one of t...
- Can distance learning encourage more women in Asia to participate in higher education?
- A. Kanwar; M. Taplin / Commonwealth of Learning, 2001
- The document presents a number of case studies exploring women's participation in higher education. It is noted that a number of factors have traditionally hindered women's education at this level and that distance education can addre...
- 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
