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050 4 $aLA1503$b.Y68 2009
082 $a370.9
245 00 $aYouth and higher education in Africa :$bthe cases of Cameroon, South Africa, Eritrea, and Zimbabwe /$cedited by Donald P. Chimanikire.
260 $aDakar :$bCouncil for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa,$cc2009.
300 $a139 p. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aCodesria book series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $a"Student activism in Africa, at least since the early 1990s, has been preoccupied with popular struggles for democracy in both their respective countries and institutions of higher learning. The changing socio-economic and political conditions in many African countries, characterized by the decline in economic growth and the introduction of multi-party politics, among several other factors, have had different impact on students and student political organizations in African universities. This book recounts the responses of students to these changes in their attempt to negotiate better living and studying conditions. The four case studies contained in the book - Cameroon, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Eritrea - clearly reveal the very important aspects of the situation in which African students find themselves in many countries, and underscores the need to understand the character and development of higher education on the continent. Ministries of Higher Education, Vice Chancellors, Deans of Students, Student Unions and parents will find this book very useful in terms of understanding the tensions that often arise at institutions of higher learning and why solutions seem to be elusive"--African Books Collective website.
650 0 $aEducation, Higher$zAfrica$vCase studies.
650 0 $aEducational change$zAfrica$vCase studies.
650 0 $aStudent movements$zAfrica.
650 0 $aEducation and state$zAfrica.
650 0 $aStudent movements$zAfrica$vCase studies.
655 7 $aCase studies.$2fast
655 0 $aElectronic books
700 1 $aChimanikire, Donald P.
710 2 $aCodesria.
730 0 $aProject Muse UPCC books$5net
830 0 $aCodesria book series.
988 $a20100411
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