The Promise of the Community College Model in South Africa
Community Colleges Worldwide: Investigating the Global Phenomenon
ISBN: 978-1-78190-230-1, eISBN: 978-1-78190-231-8
Publication date: 12 November 2012
Abstract
South African higher education is beset by the following problems: inequality in access to and survival in higher education, aligning education and work, and the problem of the university appearing as a Western institution, isolated from the exigencies and realities of society. One institution that does have an international track record in successfully addressing these issues is the Community College. This chapter reconstructs that track record, and juxtaposes it next to an analysis of South African higher education and the South African context, and in conclusion assesses the promise of inserting the Community College model into the South African higher education landscape.
Citation
Wolhuter, C.C. (2012), "The Promise of the Community College Model in South Africa", Wiseman, A.W., Chase-Mayoral, A., Janis, T. and Sachdev, A. (Ed.) Community Colleges Worldwide: Investigating the Global Phenomenon (International Perspectives on Education and Society, Vol. 17), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 245-267. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3679(2012)0000017013
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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