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ERIC Number: EJ512500
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
The Debate on University Transformation in South Africa: The Case of the University of the Western Cape.
Wolpe, Harold
Comparative Education, v31 n2 p275-292 Jun 1995
As a legacy of apartheid, South Africa's higher education system is differentiated along racial lines in terms of institutional areas of specialization, research production, and graduate education. The University of the Western Cape's 1982 mission statement, which defined its oppositional role under apartheid, might be revised to address the tasks of shaping the new social order. (SV)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Colleges, College Role, Community Development, Educational Development, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Institutional Mission, Racial Bias, Relevance (Education)
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: University of the Western Cape (South Africa)
Note: Special number 17; theme issue title: "Educational Reconstruction and Transformation in South Africa."