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Knowledge and Change in the African University

Some Prospects and Opportunities for Internationalisation

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Knowledge and Change in African Universities

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In recent years, several transformations have taken place in higher education globally (Altbach, Reisberg, & Rumbley, 2010), which have also impacted on Africa’s higher education sector. One of the main transformations has been the move from the industrial society to what some scholars have referred to as the ‘post-industrial’ or ‘information’ society (Masuda, 1980), in which knowledge has become paramount as the main driver of economies.

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Jowi, J.O., Sehoole, C. (2017). Knowledge and Change in the African University. In: Cross, M., Ndofirepi, A. (eds) Knowledge and Change in African Universities. African Higher Education: Developments and Perspectives. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-845-7_7

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