Overview
- Draws on data from across Africa to explore the relationship between higher education, development and modernization in Africa
- Sets out to demystify dominant narratives on economy and investment in higher education in Africa
- Explores whether the expansion of higher education is a blessing or a curse for development in Africa
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Book Title: Higher Education and Development in Africa
Authors: Pedro Uetela
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31141-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-31140-1Published: 26 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80974-8Published: 28 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-31141-8Published: 19 January 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 183
Topics: Higher Education, International and Comparative Education, Development and Social Change, Development Economics, African Politics