Transforming the Culture of Higher Education in South Africa

Autor/in	Thaver, Beverley
Titel	Transforming the Culture of Higher Education in South Africa
Quelle	In: Academe, 95 (2009) 1, S.28-30 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0190-2946
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Equal Education; Organizational Culture; Employment Potential; College Faculty; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Whites; Qualitative Research; Blacks; Racial Differences; Conflict; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Bildungsreform; Unternehmenskultur; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Fakultät; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; White; Weißer; Qualitative Forschung; Black person; Schwarzer; Rassenunterschied; Konflikt; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Stumbling blocks remain on the road to a fully equitable culture in higher education in South Africa. Between 2003 and 2006, the author conducted two research studies that probed the nature of the transformation of higher education institutions in the country. The first study focused specifically on institutional culture; the second examined the implementation of employment equity in the academic profession while also considering aspects of institutional culture. Both studies sought to track the extent of the changes at one historically white institution with the goal of identifying remaining problems and, ultimately, determining what could be done to address them. In this article, the author presents a review of the qualitative data from these two research projects, which were funded, respectively, by the National Research Foundation and the Swedish and Dutch governments through the Education Policy Consortium. (Contains 1 note) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10