Cross-Border Higher Education in Africa: Collaboration and Competition
The Development of Higher Education in Africa: Prospects and Challenges
ISBN: 978-1-78190-698-9, eISBN: 978-1-78190-699-6
Publication date: 4 October 2013
Abstract
The recent development of higher education in Africa has been spurred, in part, through a variety of cross-border higher education (CBHE) initiatives. However, this is not a new trend and this chapter traces the development of CBHE activities in Africa from the early 1900s through the current era. While the earliest forms of CBHE were largely fostered through Western nations providing advice and validation to institutions in Africa, the types of CBHE engagements are much more varied, including collaborations among African nations. The chapter also explores the push by some African nations to become educational hubs, the variability of CBHE policies across nations, and the shift of collaboration from the global north to south.
Citation
Lane, J.E. and Kinser, K. (2013), "Cross-Border Higher Education in Africa: Collaboration and Competition", The Development of Higher Education in Africa: Prospects and Challenges (International Perspectives on Education and Society, Vol. 21), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 99-126. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3679(2013)0000021007
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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