Vice-chancellors tell parliament that there needs to be a lasting national solution to the funding issues as they cannot deal with them on their own
Nzimande’s last-minute scramble to find funding for students has not stopped them from mobilising for a nationwide shutdown.
Sources say the party’s top six are concerned the protests at Wits University could intensify into a fiery student movement, much like #FeesMustFall
States and academics must collaborate or risk foreign experts taking over policy making
Readers write in about Ahmed Timol, the issues that hinder students’ success, and President Zuma’s statue in Nigeria
The disparate backgrounds of students call for changes to courses and ways of teaching that don’t compromise academic competency
By accepting more modest remuneration packages, varsity vice-chancellors can send a powerful message to bosses in the corporate and parastatal sectors
For the government to wholly fund public higher education is seemingly impossible.
Institutions enrolled students in good faith as they awaited funding — which has yet to materialise.
Despite having to deal with construction, residence and financing issues, Sol Plaatje students last year averaged the best grades across the country.
Cida students despair after crucial meeting to decide the future of the institution is postponed.
Student protests continued after NSFAS announced it did not have sufficient funds to assist all qualifying students at South Africa’s universities.
A 2013 government report found that government funding for these academic institutions has not kept up with enrolment numbers.
Now the department is running at an inadequate capacity and is unable to perform all its functions.
Revamping vocational training will achieve little in rural areas unless it is linked to job creation.
The Council of Higher Education’s recent report paints a scary picture of a student landscape little changed since 1982, writes Khaya Dlanga.
If the US is anything to go by, the large-scale failure of for-profit institutions should be a lesson to those who want higher education privatised.
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/ 19 November 2008
Tertiary education is expensive and many who aspire to be students are forced to apply for study loans, such as those offered by banks.
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/ 20 October 2008
Engineering, health sciences and student housing to receive lion’s share of new funding. Primarashni Gower reports.
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/ 23 September 2008
New report on academic freedom calls for a greater transparency around funding allocations, writes Primarashni Gower.