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This book advances an in-depth, comprehensive analysis of flagship universities in Africa - the largest, most selective, and most prestigious universities on the continent. The book draws on a range of country-specific case-studies, including Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania and Zambia, to explore a range of issues associated with flagship universities and their role in higher education in Africa. . Newly-established institutions in new nation states, and states emerging from conflict, often rely on these flagship universities to train their academics, and build their intelligentsia; flagship universities are thus capacity-builders and trend-setters in their respective countries and sub-regions. This volume brings together a range of scholars to celebrate the impact, influence and contributions of African universities, not only within Africa, but across the globe The book will be of great significance to students and researchers in the field of education, particularly those with an interest in sociology and politics of higher education.
List of contents
Chapter One. African Flagship Universities in the Era of "Massification"; Damtew Teferra.- Chapter Two. University of Botswana: A National University in Decline?; Richard Tabulawa & Frank Youngman.- Chapter Three. Cairo University: The Pioneer University at the Pyramids; Mohsen Elmahdy Said.- Chapter Four. Once a Flagship Always a Flagship? Addis Ababa University in Perspective; Elizabeth Ayalew.- Chapter Five. The University of Ghana: Flagship at the Gold Coast; Edward H. K. Acquah & Joseph M. Budu.- Chapter Six. The University of Nairobi: The Flagship in Kenya; Daniel N. Sifuna.- Chapter Seven. The University of Mauritius: A Flagship University in a Small Island State; Henri Li Kam Wah.- Chapter Eight. The University of Ibadan: A Beacon of Higher Education in Africa; Bola Udegbe and G.O.S. Ekhaguere.- Chapter Nine. Cheikh Anta Diop University: Senegal's Flagship; Abdou Salam Sall.- Chapter Ten. African Flagship Universities in Higher Education and National Development: The Case of the University of Dar es Salaam; Johnson M. Ishengoma.- Chapter Eleven. Makerere University as a Flagship Institution: Sustaining the Quest for Relevance; Ronald Bisaso.- Chapter Twelve. The University of Zambia: Contribution as Zambia's Flagship; Gift Masaiti and Nelly Mwale.- Chapter Thirteen. African Flagship Universities: Epilogue; Damtew Teferra.
About the author
Damtew Teferra is Professor of Higher Education, Founding Director of the International Network for Higher Education in Africa, and Leader of Higher Education Training and Development at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.
Summary
This book advances an in-depth, comprehensive analysis of flagship universities in Africa – the largest, most selective, and most prestigious universities on the continent. The book draws on a range of country-specific case-studies, including Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania and Zambia, to explore a range of issues associated with flagship universities and their role in higher education in Africa. . Newly-established institutions in new nation states, and states emerging from conflict, often rely on these flagship universities to train their academics, and build their intelligentsia; flagship universities are thus capacity-builders and trend-setters in their respective countries and sub-regions. This volume brings together a range of scholars to celebrate the impact, influence and contributions of African universities, not only within Africa, but across the globe The book will be of great significance to students and researchers in the field of education, particularly those with an interest in sociology and politics of higher education.
