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Exploring the potential of African higher education institutions in assisting the New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) to effectively achieve its goals

The thesis explores the potential of African higher education institutions in assisting the New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) in its quest to affectively achieve its goals. My contention is that higher education institutions need to be favourably positioned in terms of ins...

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Main Author: Iipumbu, Rebekka Nangula
Other Authors: Waghid, Yusef
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Language:English
Published: Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University 2008
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description The thesis explores the potential of African higher education institutions in assisting the New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) in its quest to affectively achieve its goals. My contention is that higher education institutions need to be favourably positioned in terms of institutional autonomy and academic freedom to assist the achievement of the NEPAD goals. Moreover, there is a need for deliberative democracy, if the NEPAD goals are to be achieved affectively, especially from the perspective of higher education institutions.
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spelling oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/2418 Exploring the potential of African higher education institutions in assisting the New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) to effectively achieve its goals Iipumbu, Rebekka Nangula Waghid, Yusef Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Education. Dept. of Education Policy Studies. Higher education institutions NEPAD Institutional autonomy Academic freedom Deliberative democracy New Economic Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Dissertations -- Education policy studies Theses -- Education policy studies New Partnership for Africa's Development Africa, Southern -- Foreign economic relations Higher education and state -- Africa, Southern -- Cross-cultural studies Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- Cross cultural studies The thesis explores the potential of African higher education institutions in assisting the New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) in its quest to affectively achieve its goals. My contention is that higher education institutions need to be favourably positioned in terms of institutional autonomy and academic freedom to assist the achievement of the NEPAD goals. Moreover, there is a need for deliberative democracy, if the NEPAD goals are to be achieved affectively, especially from the perspective of higher education institutions. Masters 2008-09-02T08:59:12Z 2010-06-01T08:48:19Z 2008-09-02T08:59:12Z 2010-06-01T08:48:19Z 2008-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2418 en Stellenbosch University application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
spellingShingle Higher education institutions
NEPAD
Institutional autonomy
Academic freedom
Deliberative democracy
New Economic Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
Dissertations -- Education policy studies
Theses -- Education policy studies
New Partnership for Africa's Development
Africa, Southern -- Foreign economic relations
Higher education and state -- Africa, Southern -- Cross-cultural studies
Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- Cross cultural studies
Iipumbu, Rebekka Nangula
Exploring the potential of African higher education institutions in assisting the New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) to effectively achieve its goals
title Exploring the potential of African higher education institutions in assisting the New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) to effectively achieve its goals
title_full Exploring the potential of African higher education institutions in assisting the New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) to effectively achieve its goals
title_fullStr Exploring the potential of African higher education institutions in assisting the New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) to effectively achieve its goals
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the potential of African higher education institutions in assisting the New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) to effectively achieve its goals
title_short Exploring the potential of African higher education institutions in assisting the New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) to effectively achieve its goals
title_sort exploring the potential of african higher education institutions in assisting the new economic partnership for africa s development nepad to effectively achieve its goals
topic Higher education institutions
NEPAD
Institutional autonomy
Academic freedom
Deliberative democracy
New Economic Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
Dissertations -- Education policy studies
Theses -- Education policy studies
New Partnership for Africa's Development
Africa, Southern -- Foreign economic relations
Higher education and state -- Africa, Southern -- Cross-cultural studies
Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- Cross cultural studies
url http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2418
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