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Africa: South Africa and the Illusion of free Higher Education

University World News, 26 February 2016, Issue 402

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Understanding Global Higher Education

Part of the book series: Global Perspectives on Higher Education ((GPHE))

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Demands for free higher education and other social services such as health and basic education in Africa date back to the 1960s.

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  1. Patrício Langa
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  2. Gerald Wangenge-Ouma
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  3. Jens Jungblut
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  4. Nico Cloete
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  1. Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA

    Georgiana Mihut

  2. Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA

    Philip G. Altbach

  3. Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA

    Hans de Wit

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Langa, P., Wangenge-Ouma, G., Jungblut, J., Cloete, N. (2017). Africa: South Africa and the Illusion of free Higher Education. In: Mihut, G., Altbach, P.G., Wit, H.d. (eds) Understanding Global Higher Education. Global Perspectives on Higher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-044-8_13

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