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ERIC Number: EJ512498
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
Technikons and Higher Education Restructuring.
Cooper, Dave
Comparative Education, v31 n2 p243-260 Jun 1995
Profiles South Africa's system of 15 technikons, institutions providing 1- to 5-year programs in science, technology, engineering, business, and industry. Discusses growing enrollments, the shift away from science and technology fields, teacher qualifications, and the place of technikons in South Africa's postapartheid higher education system. Lists types of three-year national diplomas awarded by technikons. Contains 27 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Colleges, Degrees (Academic), Educational Development, Engineering Education, Enrollment Trends, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Institutional Environment, Science Education, Technology Education
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: South Africa; Technikons
Note: Special number 17; theme issue title: "Educational Reconstruction and Transformation in South Africa."