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ERIC Number: EJ1133792
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-2326-3873
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Governance and Coordination of the Higher Education System in Namibia: Challenges and Prospects
Matengu, Kenneth; Likando, Gilbert; Kangumu, Bennett
FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, v1 n2 Article 4 p83-97 2014
Considering that coordination can take many forms, and may be instituted through an array of policy instruments and tools, we take the position that coordination is both a consequence of pressures on higher education some of which are brought by market forces (globalisation) but also that state coordination of higher education can be a trigger for change. Our objective is to demonstrate this through a review of literature and legislative and policy instruments in Namibia. We complete the review with an in-depth analysis of key informant interviews on coordination in Namibia. We argue that although Namibia's approach of higher education governance and state coordination strongly emphasizes autonomy, which is in-line with international trends. We also argue that self-governance in an absence of policy does not promote effectiveness of HEIs in the country. We conclude that coordination and state steering of it, is in Namibia's context a consequence of experience in hindsight rather than a case of foresight.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Information Analyses
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Namibia
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