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ERIC Number: EJ413418
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1546
The University in Modern Africa: Toward the Twenty-First Century.
Sherman, Mary Antoinette Brown
Journal of Higher Education, v61 n4 p363-85 Jul-Aug 1990
The development of modern universities in Africa is outlined, focusing on their influencing forces and context. The main challenge is seen as integrating roots in African culture and tradition with the modern world. Ways that the university can respond to the challenge and contribute to solving Africa's pressing problems are explored. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Role, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Universities
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Africa