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Higher education in most developing countries, especially in Africa, has been undergoing significant transformation over the past few decades. This is due to a number of factors, including attempts to align education systems to national development goals, reduced funding to universities and contraction of many economies (Castells, 1993; Cloete & Maasen, 2015).
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Malete, L. (2016). Transnational Education and Internationalization of Education as Tools for Higher Education Transformation and Economic Development in Emerging Economies. In: Francois, E.J., Avoseh, M.B.M., Griswold, W. (eds) Perspectives in Transnational Higher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-420-6_3
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