TY  - CHAP
AB  - In the past couple of decades, higher education systems have been in transition in sub-Saharan Africa. The phenomenal growth of private, for-profit higher education institutions is almost universal. The global trends in higher education have affected the universities in sub-Saharan Africa as well. This chapter critically examines the rapid growth of private universities as a result of globalization and its impact on society. Although the research covers only Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa, the findings have broad implications for the whole of sub-Saharan Africa (Jokivirta, 2006). The chapter is divided into four major parts, namely globalization and the knowledge economy; the evolution of private higher education in the region, using two of the oldest universities as examples; the growth of private universities and the challenges facing them; and the linkages between foreign institutions and local ones. The empirical research on which this chapter is based is part of a longitudinal study, 2001–2006, of higher education in sub-Saharan Africa.
VL  - 6
SN  - 978-1-84855-185-5, 978-1-84855-184-8/1479-358X
DO  - 10.1016/S1479-358X(08)06009-9
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-358X(08)06009-9
AU  - Banya Kingsley
ED  - Rodney K. Hopson
ED  - Carol Camp Yeakey
ED  - Francis Musa Boakari
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - Globalization, knowledge economy and the emergence of private universities in Sub-Saharan Africa
T2  - Power, Voice and the Public Good: Schooling and Education in Global Societies
T3  - Advances in Education in Diverse Communities
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 231
EP  - 259
Y2  - 2024/04/26
ER  -