Governance and Coordination of the Higher Education System in Namibia: Challenges and Prospects

Autor/inn/en	Matengu, Kenneth; Likando, Gilbert; Kangumu, Bennett
Titel	Governance and Coordination of the Higher Education System in Namibia: Challenges and Prospects
Quelle	In: FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 1 (2014) 2, S.83-97, Artikel 4 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2326-3873
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Governance; Barriers; Literature Reviews; Position Papers; Content Analysis; Interviews; Systems Analysis; Educational Policy; Coordination; Educational Legislation; Educational Development; Educational Practices; Namibia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Positionspapier; Inhaltsanalyse; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; System analysis; Systemanalyse; Politics of education; Koordination; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Bildungsentwicklung; Bildungspraxis
Abstract	Considering that coordination can take many forms, and may be instituted through an array of policy instruments and tools, we take the position that coordination is both a consequence of pressures on higher education some of which are brought by market forces (globalisation) but also that state coordination of higher education can be a trigger for change. Our objective is to demonstrate this through a review of literature and legislative and policy instruments in Namibia. We complete the review with an in-depth analysis of key informant interviews on coordination in Namibia. We argue that although Namibia's approach of higher education governance and state coordination strongly emphasizes autonomy, which is in-line with international trends. We also argue that self-governance in an absence of policy does not promote effectiveness of HEIs in the country. We conclude that coordination and state steering of it, is in Namibia's context a consequence of experience in hindsight rather than a case of foresight. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01