Differentiation and Diversification in Emerging African Higher Education

Authors

  • Patrício V. Langa University of the Western Cape

Keywords:

Higher education, Africa, social theory, policy

Abstract

This article examines the differentiation and diversification processes in African higher education and their implications for further research and policy. These processes are perhaps among the most well-established concepts to help understand social and organizational change in African higher education systems and institutions. Founded in social theory, they shed light onto mostly tacit, rather than institutional, social and policy practices by different African higher education stakeholders, while guiding change toward increased democratic governance.

 

 

Author Biography

Patrício V. Langa, University of the Western Cape

Patrício V. Langa is professor of sociology and higher education at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique, and a distinguished DAAD research fellow at the University of Bonn, Germany. Email: planga@uwc.ac.za.

 

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Published

2023-04-17

How to Cite

Langa, P. (2023). Differentiation and Diversification in Emerging African Higher Education. International Higher Education, (114), 12–13. Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/16419

Issue

No. 114 (2023): Spring Issue

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Articles

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