Western hegemony in higher education will not fall as long as state policies perpetuate it.
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Blade Nzimande is working towards creating community-based colleges, but South Africans shouldn’t expect fresh buildings to house those institutions.
And they honed their skills in the complex field
of organising worker-student protest action
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/ 23 September 2009
University residences are filled to capacity and face increasing student numbers, writes Monako Dibetle.
You have to hand it to him. Professor Malusi Marcus Balintulo has led a charmed life in the history of South African higher education.
A report on SA universities highlights discrimination on campuses. Cornia Pretorius and Monako Dibetle look at the challenges.
The ‘chilling effect’ of threatened disciplinary proceedings hanging over the heads of academics who voice an opinion is troubling.
Some of those who left cite irreconcilable differences with university management over academic freedom and other issues.
We should all speak against the attack on Unisa’s vice-chancellor Barney Pityana.
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/ 25 February 2009
A month into the year staff are rioting, the policemen are shooting, the students are getting hit and the leaders are hiding. All is as it should.
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/ 18 February 2009
The extra R700-million for higher learning is a welome relief, write Primarashni Gower and Cornia Pretorius.
Sacked vice-chancellor of the Vaal University of Technology Aubrey Mokadi wants to be reinstated in his post for the third time.
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/ 13 February 2009
From savage initiation rights to claims of race bias, the Potch campus is out of date and under review, writes Primarashni Gower.
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/ 10 February 2009
Postgraduate students are cash cows because they bring with them high government subsidies, more than for undergraduates.
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/ 6 February 2009
Monako Dibetle interviews the man sent to turn around the fortunes of one of academia’s most mocked institutions.
Mandy Rossouw talked to the heads of the student representative councils at some of our major universities to find out what’s on their agenda.
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/ 27 November 2008
‘The three horsemen in academic freedom’s apocalypse are massification, managerialism and immiseration’
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/ 17 November 2008
Faculty dean told to respect disciplinary processes, reports Monako Dibetle.
Education Minister Naledi Pandor is considering making the undergraduate degree a four-year degree, but this depends on conditions at each university.
New system hopes to speed up service delivery and issue material to students faster.
This area of study fosters understanding across barriers of race, class, gender or ethnicity, argues Louise Vincent.
North West University managers have challenged Naledi Pandor’s intervention at the unrest-torn university over a commission of inquiry.
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/ 23 September 2008
Finally, the contribution that private higher-education institutions can make is being recognised, writes Felicity Coughlan.
Pandor sends investigators to Mangosuthu University after suspension of vice-chancellor
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/ 16 September 2008
Failed universities mergers are being examined for possible solutions, according to ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe.
Almost 79% of students felt that the standard of work was high, although 30% said their workload was not manageable.
Wits University’s vice-chancellor and deputy vice-chancellor respond to a recent M&G article on the transformation process at the institution.
The principle of competition is one of the key reasons that America’s system of higher education is the best in the world.
Students at South African universities are planning a major expedition into Africa in the hopes of recovering lost knowledge about the continent.