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The Role of African Flagship Universities: The Case of the University of Dar es Salaam

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This chapter analyzes and documents the role and contribution of the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM)—one of the oldest African flagship universities—in the overall development of higher education in Tanzania and the development of that country. It pays particular attention to the UDSM’s contribution to research productivity, to capacity building, to major national policy debates, and also to Tanzania’s development in terms of major scientific innovations and graduates who are now serving the nation in various capacities. In a broader framework, this chapter seeks to answer this overarching question: To what extent has the UDSM contributed to research productivity, capacity building for itself and other universities, major policy debates, and the development of higher education and the nation in general?

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Although Tanzania’s National Higher Education Policy (1999) defines “higher education” to include nonuniversity institutions, for the purposes of this chapter, the term means universities and university colleges.

  2. 2.

    The University of Dodoma established in 2007 has been “poaching” senior members of the UDSM academic staff, with the result that the UDOM has become one of the favorite destinations for departing UDSM faculty.

  3. 3.

    In September 2013, two daily private newspapers were suspended for 14 and 30 days, respectively, for publishing the government’s circular on new salary scales.

  4. 4.

    Samoff and Carrol (2004) define resource dependence as acting “in ways and manner that reflect the norms and expectations of [the] funders” (p. 2).

  5. 5.

    Some data on research funding from some institutes, colleges, and schools are missing from the source.

  6. 6.

    Personal communication with the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, October 30, 2013.

  7. 7.

    Comprehensive and current data on university-wide partnerships and links (which show different aspects of partnerships such as research, student exchange, etc., and names of institutions) are available only for 2007. Collaborative research links are local collaborative research and international collaborative research, operating for a few years but without indicating collaborating institutions. My understanding is that the term “collaborative research links” is synonymous with international research links with implications for the university’s internationalization.

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  1. Department of Educational Foundations, Management and Lifelong Learning, School of Education, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Johnson M. Ishengoma

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    Damtew Teferra

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Appendix 10.1 Trends in government financing of the UDSM’s main campus, 2000–2001 to 2009–2010 (recurrent expenditure in TZS mill.)
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Appendix 10.2 Government and donor contribution to the UDSM main campus operating costs, 2000–2001 to 2009–2010 (in TZS)
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Ishengoma, J.M. (2017). The Role of African Flagship Universities: The Case of the University of Dar es Salaam. In: Teferra, D. (eds) Flagship Universities in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49403-6_10

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