M Cross, J Backhouse - Higher Education Policy, 2014 - Springer

Evaluating doctoral programmes in Africa: Context and practices.

Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate AND Program Evaluation

Backhouse, Cross

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Abstract Models of doctoral education in Africa remained similar to those in European universities, well into the 2000s. However, there has been an increasing realisation that such programmes are ill-suited for the African realities. With recent efforts to revitalise higher education in Africa, considerable attention has been placed on the need to explore more effective models of doctoral education, better suited to the African context. Doctoral education is key to this rebuilding as it offers the potential for developing skilled staff for …

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