Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education

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Currently, Africa has more than half of the 20 fastest-growing economies in the world, which has contributed to what has been called the era of ‘Africa Rising’ or a ‘New Africa’. In order to further strengthen socio-economic development, African universities need to improve their ability to produce and apply knowledge in effective and relevant ways. In OECD countries there are several public and private sites for knowledge production, but in Africa the university is the only knowledge institution, and hardly any knowledge is produced outside of the university.However, the performance of African universities in knowledge production has not been impressive. It has generally been acknowledged by agencies such as the African Observatory for Science, Technology and Innovation and the World Bank, as well as leading development scholars, that African universities are lagging behind the rest of the world in their knowledge production function. There has been only weak empirical evidence on the actual performance of universities, with virtually no cross-institutional and cross-country comparative research on the factors that are responsible for the poor performance of universities in knowledge production across the continent.The crossroads African universities are facing consist of, on the one hand, a familiar path of relative decoupling between the university and its nation’s socio-economic development and, on the other hand, a path that requires far-reaching changes that could make it possible for the African university to connect much more productively to the main actors in emerging national (and in some cases regional) development and innovation networks. For the latter path to become accessible, these universities and their national authorities need research-rooted information.

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Publié par	African Minds
Date de parution	03 février 2015
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781920677855
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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Afrîcan Mînds Hîger Educatîon Dynamîcs Serîes VoL. 1

Knowedge Productîon and Contradîctory Functîons în Arîcan Hîger Educatîon

Edîted by Nîco Coete, Peter Maassen and Tracy Baîey

AFRICAN MINDS

A NOTE ABOUT THE PEER REVïEW PROCESS hîs open access pubîcatîon orms part o te Arîcan Mînds peer revîewed, academîc books îst, te broad mîssîon o wîc îs to support te dîssemînatîon o Arîcan scoarsîp and to oster access, openness and debate în te pursuît o growîng and deepenîng te Arîcan knowedge base. Knowedge Productîon and Contradîctory Functîons în Arîcan Hîger Educatîonwas revîewed by two externa peers wît expert knowedge în îger educatîon în genera and în Arîcan îger educatîon în partîcuar. Copîes o te revîews are avaîabe rom te pubîser on request.

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CONTENTS

Lîst o tabes, Igures and appendîx tabes Acronyms and abbrevîatîons Acknowedgements Foreword

Capter 1Roes o Unîversîtîes and te Arîcan Context Nîco Coete and Peter Maassen

Capter 2nAa:îcrAînseîtîsrevînUcraResegtewoeîvoreîvmeîpîrac lagsîp unîversîtîes Nîco Coete, ïan Buntîng and Peter Maassen

Capter 3Assessîng te Perormance o Arîcan Fagsîp Unîversîtîes ïan Buntîng, Nîco Coete, Henrî Lî Kam Wa and Forence Nakayîwa-Mayega

Capter 4Researc Output and ïnternatîona Researc Cooperatîon în Arîcan Fagsîp Unîversîtîes Robert Tîjssen

Capter 5Sout Arîca as a PD Hub în Arîca? Nîco Coete, Cares Seppard and Tracy Baîey

Capter 6Facuty Perceptîons o te Factors tat ïnluence Researc Productîvîty at Makerere Unîversîty Gordon Musîîge and Peter Maassen

Capter 7Academîc ïncentîves or Knowedge Productîon în Arîca: Case studîes o Mozambîque and Kenya Gerad Wangenge-Ouma, Agnes Lutomîa and Patrícîo Langa

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KNOWLEDGEPRODUCTIONANDCONTRADICTORYFUNCTIONSINAFRICANHIGHEREDUCATION

Capter 8Functîons o Scîence Grantîng Councîs în SubSaaran Arîca Joann Mouton, Jacques Gaîard and Mîandré van Lî

Capter 9RoesoheaCuocnaNîtnorgîednasîîssîmmoCAînsonHanîcr Educatîon System Governance Tracy Baîey

Capter 10Unîversîty Engagement as ïnterconnectedness: ïndîcators and însîgts Françoîs van Scakwyk

Capter 11îtîesUnîversîsnezîttepmoCpînsceenanîcrAStnEutedemenngagdCîtan hîerry M Luescer-Mamasea, Vîncent Ssembatya, Edwîna Brooks, Randa S Lange, Taabo Mugume and Samanta Rîcmond

Capter 12Managîng Contradîctory Functîons and Reated Poîcy ïssues Nîco Coete, Peter Maassen, ïan Buntîng, Tracy Baîey, Gerad Wangenge-Ouma and Françoîs van Scakwyk

About te autors Lîst o contrîbutors

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LïST OF TABLES AND FïGURES

Capter 2 Fîgure 2.1 Fîgure 2.2 Fîgure 2.3 Fîgure 2.4 Fîgure 2.5 Fîgure 2.6

Capter 3 Tabe 3.1 Tabe 3.2 Tabe 3.3 Tabe 3.4 Fîgure 3.1

Fîgure 3.2 Fîgure 3.3 Fîgure 3.4 Fîgure 3.5 Fîgure 3.6 Fîgure 3.7 Fîgure 3.8 Fîgure 3.9

Tabe A3.1 Tabe A3.2 Tabe A3.3 Tabe A3.4 Tabe A3.5

ProportîonoFTEacademîcswîtdoctoradegrees(2011)(%)Academîcstafbysenîorîty(2011)(%)Mastersgraduates(2001,2007,2011)Doctoragraduates(2001,2007,2011)Researcartîces(2001,2007,2011)Senîoracademîcstafanddoctoragraduatesaspredîctorsopubîcatîon output

2011proposasongoasandtargetsorlagsîpunîversîtîesAssessîngtwounîversîtîeson2011goasandtargetsGoasandtargetsorlagsîpunîversîtîesïndîcatorscores:Reatîngdataaveragestotargetsonaourpoîntscae

Perormanceagaînsttargets:ïnputandoutputaveragesortelagsîp unîversîtîes UnîversîtyoCapeTown(2009–2011)UnîversîtyoBotswana(2009–2011)UnîversîtyoDaresSaaam(2009–2011)EduardoMondaneUnîversîty(2009–2011)UnîversîtyoGana(2009–2011)MakerereUnîversîty(2009–2011)UnîversîtyoMaurîtîus(2009–2011)UnîversîtyoNaîrobî(2009–2011)

UnîversîtyoBotswana:AcademîccoreandcomparatîveunîversîtyscoresExampeoappîcatîonoextendedacademîccoregoasandtargetsMandatesorSoutArîcantradîtîonaunîversîtîesOutputgoasandtargetsorSoutArîcantradîtîonaunîversîtîesDataaveragesor2009–2011orlagsîpunîversîtîes

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K P C F A H E NOWLEDGE RODUCTION AND ONTRADICTORY UNCTIONS IN FRICAN IGHER DUCATION

Tabe A3.6 Tabe A3.7 Tabe A3.8 Tabe A3.9 Tabe A3.10 Tabe A3.11

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Capter 4 Tabe 4.1 Tabe 4.2 Tabe 4.3a Tabe 4.3b Tabe 4.3c Tabe 4.3d Tabe 4.3e Tabe 4.3 Tabe 4.3g Tabe 4.3

Fîgure 4.1

Capter 5 Tabe 5.1 Tabe 5.2

Fîgure 5.1 Fîgure 5.2 Fîgure 5.3

Fîgure 5.4 Fîgure 5.5 Fîgure 5.6 Fîgure 5.7 Fîgure 5.8

Fîgure 5.9

MastersenromentsorteIveyearperîod2007–2011MastersgraduatesorteIveyearperîod2007–2011DoctoraenromentsorteIveyearperîod2007–2011DoctoragraduatesorteIveyearperîod2007–2011TotapermanentacademîcsorteIveyearperîod2007–2011PermanentacademîcswîtdoctoradegreesorteIveyearperîod2007–2011 ProportîonoacademîcswîtdoctoradegreesorteIveyearperîod2007–2011 ResearcpubîcatîonsorteIveyearperîod2007–2011

LargestresearcIedsoînternatîonacooperatîon(2006–2012)MostîgycîtedIedsoînternatîonacooperatîon(2006–2012)ResearcînternatîonaîsatîonproIeoteUnîversîtyoMaurîtîusResearcînternatîonaîsatîonproIeoEduardoMondaneUnîversîtyResearcînternatîonaîsatîonproIeoteUnîversîtyoDaresSaaamResearcînternatîonaîsatîonproIeoteUnîversîtyoGanaResearcînternatîonaîsatîonproIeoteUnîversîtyoBotswanaResearcînternatîonaîsatîonproIeoMakerereUnîversîtyResearcînternatîonaîsatîonproIeoteUnîversîtyoNaîrobîResearcînternatîonaîsatîonproIeoteUnîversîtyoCapeTown

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ïnternatîonaPDgraduatesperunîversîty(2000–2012)Top20countrîesoorîgînote2012înternatîonaPDgraduates

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PD enroments and graduates (1996–2012) 82 PD enroments by natîonaîty (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) 84 Average annua growt rate o PD enroments by natîonaîty (2000–2012) 84 PD graduates by natîonaîty (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) 85 Average annua growt rate o PD graduates by natîonaîty (2000–2012) 86 Average annua growt rates by natîonaîty and gender (2000–2012) 87 Sout Arîcan doctora graduates by race (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) 91 SoutArîcanArîcanandrestoArîcaenromentsandgraduates(2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) 92 SoutArîcanArîcanandrestoArîcaenromentsandgraduates:Average annua growt rate (2000–2010) 92

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Capter 6 Fîgure 6.1

Capter 7 Tabe 7.1

Fîgure 7.1

Tabe A7.1 Tabe A7.2 Tabe A7.3 Tabe A7.4 Tabe A7.5

Capter 8 Tabe 8.1 Tabe 8.2

Tabe A8.1

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Capter 9 Tabe 9.1 Tabe 9.2 Tabe 9.3 Tabe 9.4

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LISTOFTABLESANDFIGURES

he59countrîesoorîgînote2012înternatîonaPDgraduatesPDgraduateso2012accordîngtonatîonaîtyandgenderasapercentage o te tota (1 879) graduates

MakerereandNesonMandeaMetropoîtanUnîversîty:Researc project undîng by undîng type (2013)

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Ratîosoîgeveknowedgeoutputstoproessorsandassocîate proessors

Basîcsaarîesoacademîcstaf(2013)(înUSD)Basîcsaarîesoproessîonasîndîpomatîccareers(2013)(înUSD)Basîcsaarîesoproessîonasromtetaxautorîtîes(2013)(înUSD)Basîcsaarîesoproessîonasîntejudîcîasystem(2013)(înUSD)Basîcsaarîesoresearcersînpubîcunîversîtîesandresearccentres(2013) (în USD)

GrossdomestîcexpendîtureonR&D(GERD)DependencyonoreîgnundîngorR&Dîn2010(%)(subSaaran Arîca ony)

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