Reports, Papers, and Speeches

Organizations that publish multiple documents on African Higher Education

Association for Development of Education in Africa

http://www.adeanet.org/about/en_aboutADEA.html

ADEA is first and foremost a forum for policy dialogue on education policies. One of its major objectives is to encourage exchanges and reinforce links between ministries of education and development agencies.

Journal of Higher Education in Africa

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/hejournal/Africa.htm

Boston College

Association for the Development of Education in Africa Working Group on Higher Education - Publications

http://www.adeanet.org/publications/en_pubs_wghe.html

Includes publications on HIV/AIDS, building research capacity network, tertiary distance education, several case studies of strategic planning at African universities, funding issues, governance issues, and many others.

World Bank

Higher Education in Developing Countries: Peril and Promise

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTAFRREGTOPTEIA/Resource
s/Peril_and_Promise.pdf

February 2000

Constructing Knowledge Societies: New Challenges for Tertiary Education

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTAFRREGTOPTEIA/Resource
s/Constructing_Knowledge_Societies.pdf

2002

A Chance to Learn: Knowledge and Finance for Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

http://www4.worldbank.org/afr/pubs/pubdetail.cfm?id=125

February 2001

Bibliography on Higher Education in Souther Africa

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTAFRREGTOPTEIA/Resource
s/SSA_Higher_Ed_Biblio_7.pdf

by William Saint

Higher Education and Economic Development in Africa

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTAFRREGTOPTEIA/Resource
s/Higher_Education_Econ_Dev.pdf

February 2006

David Bloom, David Canning, and Kevin Chan
HARVARD UNIVERSITY

"Recent Developments in African Distance Education"

http://www1.worldbank.org/disted/Policy/Global/int-03.html

Sub-Saharan Africa

http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/lac/lacinfoclient.nsf/d2968495
1174975c85256735007fef12/0a413a96369b574085256a2b0062b82a

UNESCO

Declaration and Action Plan on Higher Education in Africa

http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7193&URL
_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Adopted at the African Regional Consultation preparatory to the World Conference on Higher Education (Dakar, Senegal, 1-4 April 1997)

The Role of Higher Education in Developing a Culture of Peace in Africa

http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7685&URL
_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SECTION=201.html

By Prof. Goolam Mohamedbhai, Vice-Chancellor, University of Mauritius

Working Document for the Africa Regional Meeting preceding the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education

"African Universities and Globalisation"

http://www.unesco.org/education/educprog/wche/niange.html

By Professor Souleymane Niang, Vice Chancellor, University Cheikh Anta Diop [Undated]

Working Document for the Africa Regional Meeting preceding the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education

Higher Education in the 21st Century

http://www.iie.org/PDFs/Publications/report29.pdf

By Prof. Jean-Marie de Ketele, President of the International Association of University Pedagogy

Working Document for the Africa Regional Meeting preceding the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education

ADEA

Promoting Access, Quality and Capacity-Building in African Higher Education

http://www.adeanet.org/publications/wghe/wghe_uem_en.pdf

During the 1990’s, strategic institutional reforms were introduced at Mozambique’s Eduardo Mondlane University. These reforms were intended to expand access to higher education, improve the quality of university teaching and research, and strengthen capacities for institutional planning, program implementation, performance monitoring and output evaluation.

USHEPiA: Building a Research Capacity Network in Africa

http://www.adeanet.org/publications/wghe/ushepia.pdf

USHEPiA, is a successful South-South capacity building network experience in the area of science, engineering and the humanities. The initiative, led by the University of Cape Town, involves a number of partner universities in East and Southern Africa. The program seeks to foster research capacity and collaboration amongst African researchers in order to build institutional and human capacities.

Challenging the Challenger

http://www.adeanet.org/publications/en_pubs_wghe.html

The failure of many tertiary education institutions to recognize and confront the HIV/AIDS crisis on their campuses means the loss of hard-won development gains and crippling prospects for the future. This report eloquently documents this “conspiracy of silence.”

Higher Education Innovations in Sub-Saharan Africa, (With specific reference to universities)

http://www.adeanet.org/downloadcenter/WGHE/AAU_Higher_Educat
ion.pdf

"What is the current state of university education in Africa and what is the likely future?" This is a current underlying theme in addressing issues related to higher education in Africa. This report seeks to identify and document higher education innovations currently underway.

A Toolkit for Higher Education Institutions in Africa. Mitigating the Impact of HIV/AIDS

http://www.adeanet.org/downloadcenter/WGHE/Module01.pdf

The HIV/AIDS toolkit is a package developed specifically for tertiary institutions with the aim of supporting the development and management of comprehensive institutional responses to HIV/AIDS. The package comprises resource materials on HIVAIDS in the African higher education context, advocacy strategies for use within tertiary institutions, and practical guidelines for the design, management and implementation of HIV and AIDS policies and programs in African higher education institutions.

A Toolkit for Mainstreaming Gender in Higher Education in Africa

http://www.adeanet.org/downloadcenter/WGHE/Tooltik-complete.
pdf

This toolkit was developed in an attempt to bridge persistent gender gaps in tertiary education institutions in Africa. Focus is on staff recruitment, student welfare, curriculum development and the general institutional culture. The toolkit, which comprises ten modules and a literature review, provides practical guidelines on how to initiate a gender-mainstreaming program and establish helpful processes.

Individual reports, papers, and speeches on African Higher Education

Surveys of African University Graduates and Policy Recommendations on African Universities

http://www.arp.harvard.edu/AfricaHigherEducation/

2007

Results from a survey of graduates of African universities and policy recommendations derived from African voices to the debate, developed primarily for policymakers and donors.

Investing in Return: Rates of Return of African Ph.D.s' Trained in North America

http://programs.ssrc.org/africa/publications/africareturn.pd
f.pdf

1999

This study was conceived to address the dearth of empirical data on the postgraduation professional activity of African citizens who receive advanced graduate training in North American universities.

"Education in Agriculture: Links with Development in Africa"

http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/faoinfo/sustdev/EXdirect/EXan0008
.htm

July 1996

By W.I. Lindley, L. Van Crowder and N. Doron, Agricultural Extension and Education Service (SDRE), FAO Research, Extension and Training Division

Developing African Higher Education

http://www.nepad.org/2005/files/documents/22.pdf

May 31

Draft document for NPAD, by Council of Higher Education, South Africa, Draft

G8 Africa Action Plan

http://www.iss.co.za/AF/RegOrg/nepad/g8africaplan.pdf

Document released at Summet Kananaskis Summit, Canada 2002. Section 5 concerns education.

The New Partnership for Africa's Development

http://www.nepad.org/2005/files/home.php

October 2001

Includes Section B2, "Human Resource Development Initiative, including Reversing the Brain Drain" concerning education.

The African Higher Education Project

http://www2.bc.edu/~teferra/Afr-HE-Proj.html

A reference guide and handbook on African higher education.