Overview
- Explores theory, policy and practice in local contexts in relation to global perspectives
- Contributes meaningfully to scholarly resources on African higher education
- Engenders debate around the specificities of the African context
Part of the book series: Sustainable Development Goals Series (SDGS)
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Keywords
- quality development
- SDG 4
- quality education
- quality assurance
- sustainable development
About this book
This book examines quality higher education as a stimulus for sustainable development in Eastern and Southern Africa. Its underlying principle flaunts quality higher education as indispensable for sustainable development on the continent. The first part of the florilegium discusses the context and need for sustainable development in Africa, using highereducation as an impetus. The second part focuses on quality assurance processes and mechanisms for enhancing African higher education in the damnedest to drive sustainable development. The book will be of interest to researchers and protagonists of higher education, education management, and sustainable development.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Peter Neema-Abooki is a Professor of Higher Educational Management Studies and Development/Business and Management in Uganda, with academic associations in South Africa and Namibia. He is an Alumnus of DIES-National Multiplication Trainings (NMT), University of Potsdam, Germany; consequent of which he has conducted a training of trainers (ToT) at Namibia University (UNAM). His other books include Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Eastern and Southern Africa: Regional and Continental Perspectives, Quality Assessment and Enhancement in Higher Education in Africa, and The Sustainability of Higher Education in Sub-Sahara Africa: Quality Assurance Perspectives.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quality in African Higher Education
Book Subtitle: Development Perspectives from Selected Regions
Editors: Peter Neema-Abooki
Series Title: Sustainable Development Goals Series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-49565-6Due: 07 June 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-49568-7Due: 07 June 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-49566-3Due: 07 June 2024
Series ISSN: 2523-3084
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3092
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XLIII, 440
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations