A history of African higher education from antiquity to the present; a critical synthesis.0313320616 A history of African higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. from antiquity to the present; a critical synthesis. Lulat, Y. G-M G-M Gamma Measurement . Praeger 2005 624 pages $129.95 Hardcover Studies in higher education LA1503 Contributing to the fields of African studies, comparative and international black studies, comparative and international education, and higher education, Lulat (African American studies African American studies (also known as Black studies and/or Africana studies) is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of the history, culture, and politics of African Americans. , State U. of New York-Buffalo) offers what he thinks is probably only the second full-length, unified, continent-wide historical survey of African higher education. His account differs from the other, Ashby (1996), by a longer temporal and wider geographical scope, by being critical rather than an apology for British colonial policies, and by placing the history of universities in Africa Universities in Africa, along with many in the developing world, face problems like fast-growing student numbers and competition from unregulated degree programmes. Overcrowding has forced institutions like Uganda's Makerere University to hold lectures in shifts, with classes held in a global context. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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