Within the Realm of Possibility

From Disadvantage to Development at the University of Fort Hare and the University of the North This is a well researched account that deals with one of the burning issues that has confronted the South African system of higher education: the role and the future of historically black universities (HBUs). The authors look at different working models appropriate today for rural-based universities, and provide practical ideas with regard to ways in which HBUs can link up with institutions in the community, developing partnerships that will strengthen their work. I highly recommend this book to academics and policy makers interested in the development of higher education in Africa.” Peter Katjavivi, first Vice-Chancellor, University of Namibia, now Namibian Ambassador to Benelux countries

HSRC Press

Product Information

Format:

148mm x 210mm

Pages:

184

ISBN-13:

978-07969-2155-0

Publish Year:

2006

Rights:

1. Introduction
Mokubung Nkomo and Derrick Swartz

2. The repositioning of two South African universities
Botshabelo Maja, Andile Gwabeni and Phuti A Mokwele

3. Constructing a conceptual framework for HBUs in a developmental paradigm
Catherine A Odora Hoppers

4. Turfloop: where an idea was expressed, hijacked and redeemed
Abram L Mawasha

5. Fort Hare in its local context: a historical view
Sen Morrow

6. Intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial developments at the University of the North
Patrick FitzGerald

7. New pathways to sustainability: African universities in a globalising world
Derrick Swartz

Professor Mokubung Nkomo is in the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria. Prior to joining the university, he was the Executive Director of Education Policy at the Human Sciences Research Council. He has been involved with and has written extensively on education issues for several years.

Derrick Swartz is currently Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Fort Hare, one of South Africas oldest and most revered universities. He was appointed to this position in 1999, and has led the university into a period of reconstruction and development aimed at reviving the fortunes of Fort Hare in the democratic era. In recent years, he has been particularly interested in the changing political economy of higher education and the developmental role of universities in developing countries.

Botshabelo Maja is currently the Senior Executive Manager for Labour Market Policy in the Department of Labour. Maja has served as Project Leader on the Minister of Educations National Landscape Task Team, looking at historically black universities, using the Universities of the North and Fort Hare as case studies.