Open AccessAfrican Higher Education: The Rise and Fall in the 20th Century
Author(s) -
Goolam Mohamedbhai
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2372-4501
pISSN - 1084-0613
DOI - 10.6017/ihe.2011.62.8520
Subject(s) - independence (probability theory) , higher education , turning point , state (computer science) , political science , economic growth , development economics , economic history , economics , period (music) , statistics , physics , mathematics , algorithm , computer science , acoustics
After the independence of the colonies in the 1960s, African universities became autonomous and modeled on European ones. The late 1970s and 1980s became the difficult years of economic turmoil. At the same time, a demand for higher education increased. In the 1990s, most universities in sub-Saharan Africa stood in a deplorable state. The turning point in the African universities' fates came with the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education held in 1998, which provided a framework for renewed support to higher education and led to a revitalization of African universities.