Open AccessThe School Leadership Is a Key to Break the Higher Education Iron Triangle through Borderless Distance Education: The Case of UNISA in Addis Ababa Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Melese Mekasha Woldeyes
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
communication, society and media
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2576-5396
pISSN - 2576-5388
DOI - 10.22158/csm.v2n2p67
Subject(s) - distance education , context (archaeology) , relation (database) , quality (philosophy) , political science , key (lock) , pedagogy , sociology , medical education , geography , medicine , computer science , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology , database , computer security
This paper examines the role of cross-border distance education institutions in providing access to quality postgraduate education in Ethiopia, using the South Africa University (UNISA) as a case study. It draws on the appropriate school leadership for the development of distance education, and it further explores the potential of a distance education program delivery system in an Ethiopian context. In addition, the study explores the policy gap between conventional and distance education in relation to international postgraduate distance education. Two instruments were used to gather relevant data, namely: interviews and document analysis. Theoretical framework developed through three key elements: access, cost and quality were used as tools of analysis.