Regionalization of African higher education : progress and prospects / edited by Jane Knight and Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis.

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Growth in the scope, scale and importance of higher education regionalization should not be underestimated or ignored. Africa, like Asia, Europe and Latin America, is promoting deeper cooperation among higher education bodies and institutions across the continent and focusing more attention on pan-African and sub-regional harmonization of policies and programmes. This is the first book which brings together diverse scholars and policy experts to examine key aspects and challenges of African higher education regionalization. Chapters examine the progress and prospects of core regionalization issues and strategies such as academic mobility, quality assurance, recognition of qualifications, research centres and networks, curriculum and competencies, and regional academic programmes.

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; FIGURES; TABLES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; OUTLINE OF THE BOOK; The Concept and Process of Higher Education Regionalization; Historical and Political Perspectives on the Regionalization of Higher Education; Africanization, Internationalization, and Regionalization; Models of Regional Higher Education Collaboration in Africa; Quality Assurance; Academic Mobility within Africa; Qualification Recognition and Frameworks; Student Competencies and Curriculum; Research Centres and Networks

Financing of African Higher EducationThe Influence of the Bologna Process; Realities, Challenges, and Prospects; REFERENCES; 1. THE CONCEPT AND PROCESS OF HIGHER EDUCATION REGIONALIZATION; INTRODUCTION; Growing Importance of Higher Education Regionalization in Africa; Understanding Regionalization; Chapter Objectives and Outline; MAPPING OF REGIONALIZATION TERMS; CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROCESS OF HIGHER EDUCATION REGIONALIZATION; THE FUNCTIONAL/ORGANIZATIONAL /POLITICAL APPROACHES (FOPA) MODEL TO THE REGIONALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Building and Strengthening Current Connections and ActivitiesFunctional, Organizational and Political Approaches; APPLICATION OF FOPA MODEL TO AFRICA; THE AFRICAN UNION STRATEGY FOR HARMONIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMMES; ISSUES, QUESTIONS, AND CHALLENGES; Rationales, Objectives, and Outcomes; Regional Governance; Language; Participation and Engagement for All; Unintended Consequences -- Benefits and Risks; Innovation; CONCLUDING REMARKS; NOTE; REFERENCES; 2. HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES: On Regionalization of African Higher Education; INTRODUCTION

EARLY MOVES TOWARDS REGIONALIZATIONThe Arusha Convention as a Legislative Framework; INSTITUTIONAL DYNAMICS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY(OAU)/AFRICAN UNION(AU); CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; 3. INTERNATIONALIZATION, REGIONALIZATION AND AFRICANIZATION: A Critical Gaze; INTRODUCTION; THE MEANING OF AFRICANIZATION, INTERNATIONALIZATION, AND REGIONALIZATION IN AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION; Africanization; Internationalization; Regionalization; THE EVOLUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA: AN OVERVIEW; THE NEXUS BETWEEN AFRICANIZATION AND INTERNATIONALIZATION: POWER DYNAMICS

THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN UNIVERSITIESCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 4. MODELS AND APPROACHES TO REGIONAL ACADEMIC COLLABORATION IN AFRICA; INTRODUCTION; The Imperative of Regionalization; Clarification of Terminologies; TYPOLOGY OF REGIONAL ACADEMIC INITIATIVES; Different Approaches to Regionalization; REGIONAL INSTITUTION OR ORGANIZATION; University of East Africa and the Inter-University Council of East Africa; University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland; OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING INSTITUTION; University of South Africa (UNISA); African Virtual University; CONSORTIUM MODEL

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