UID:
almafu_9958072619102883
Format:
xxi, 80 pages ;
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26 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-00100-7
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9786611001001
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0-8213-7273-4
Series Statement:
World Bank working paper ; no. 124
Content:
This report assesses the status and practice of higher education quality assurance in Sub - Sahara Africa, focusing on degree - granting tertiary institutions. A main finding is that structured national - level quality assurance processes in African higher education are a very recent phenomenon and that most countries face major capacity constrains. Only about a third of them have established structured national quality assurance mechanism, often only as recently as during the last ten years. Activities differ in their scope and rigor, ranging from simple licensing of institutions by the minis
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Executive Summary; 1. Introduction; 2. The Case for Quality Higher Education; LIST OF BOX; 3. The State of Quality Assurance in Africa; LIST OF TABLE; 4. Cost Implications and Financing; 5. Challenges and Opportunities; 6. Innovations and Promising Practices; 7. Options for Capacity Enhancement; Appendix: Summary Status of HE Quality Assurance Implementation in Africa; References
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-7272-6
Language:
English
URL:
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-7272-2
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