Most investigations into the effects of funding changes on higher education systems have been carried out in developed economies. This article focuses on the Thai higher education system, applying theoretical arguments and empirical analyses to the case of a newly industrialising country. One goal of the Thai higher education funding reform is to…

Conducted semi-structured interviews with senior managers responsible for retention and completion at English universities with success in student retention. Analysis suggested that success in retaining students from lower socioeconomic groups required a strong policy commitment to access and retention, backed up by practical action. A number of…

Describes the implementation and management of staff development for online education underpinned by the principles of situated learning. Describes technological, human resource, pedagogical, and management initiatives and presents a case study of how a small regional institution changed to being an internationally recognized e-university. (EV)

Studied the contribution of feminist pedagogy to the task of reconceptualizing English language teaching in multilingual classrooms. Narratives of five South African educators show how participants attempt to negotiate barriers and balance rights, justice, morality, and care. (SLD)

Examined gender representation patterns in higher education transformation in South Africa and conducted a study of the numbers of women in top academic and administrative structures. Findings show that the pattern of representation has changed very little over the 3 study years. (SLD)

Conducted a case study of efforts to progress with distance education in South Africa given the constraints of the country's digital divide. Results show that digital divide problems can undermine the provision of enhanced pedagogies in distance education programs, hampering the position of individuals of low socioeconomic status. (SLD)

In August 2000 the Department of Correctional Services (from now on referred to as the Department) held the first national symposium to translate its vision--which is to render services that contribute to community protection and the rehabilitation of offenders--into a meaningful partnership with the South African community. Correctional services…

Active participation in the process of learning rather than transmission of information is prominent in modern higher education contexts. In alignment with this trend, traditional modes of assessment, based on the "transmission model", are increasingly replaced or supplemented by more authentic forms of assessment. Authentic assessment "measures"…

The use of computers in the learning process is a well-researched area. The introduction of computers and related audit software in the auditing field has had a major influence on the auditing process. Very little research has been done on the inclusion of computer audit software in the auditing syllabus. Even less research has been done on the…

This article focuses on the government's higher education policy trajectory during the post apartheid period. The central argument of the article is that government policy ought to be examined in the light of a struggle over aligning the higher education policy discourse with the government's chosen macro development path. Policy activity has to…

The importance of innovation in higher education is recognised in South African educational discourse. The South African White Paper on Science and Technology, issued in September 1996 and entitled, "Preparing for the 21st Century", states that, "the White Paper is built upon the twin concepts of "innovation" and a "national system of innovation"…

The notion "literacy" is changing to encompass the concept of "multiple literacies". There are various forces, especially social and cultural forces, that are used to determine the definition of literacy and in this new millennium one can merely predict which possible cultural forces will now shape the nature of literacies. In South Africa there…

This article reflects on the implementation of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) at tertiary level, using the University of South Africa (Unisa) as a case study and the five stated goals of the NQF as the criteria for measuring the success or otherwise of the enterprise. A brief description is given of the initiatives at Unisa and…

This article considers the discourses used by students, mainstream lecturers and academic development lecturers in their evaluations of language interventions at Technikon Natal from 1991 to 2002. The discourses under scrutiny are those of academic literacy: the beliefs, attitudes, values and norms necessary for "epistemological access to higher…

Most developing countries have embarked upon the implementation of new models in the teaching and learning arenas, and South Africa is no exception. Because the economic empowerment of a nation depends on the success of its educational strategies, the introduction and development of outcomes-based education (OBE) at all levels of education in…