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Understanding stakeholder expectations in higher education
(CONF-IRM, 2017)
Higher education invests heavily in information technology and information systems, with variable outcomes. Organisations in other sectors, such as engineering, the defence industry, public administration and business, ...
Exploring student engagement practices at a South African university : student engagement as reliable predictor of academic performance
(Higher Education South Africa (HESA), 2016)
Student engagement is one avenue to explore how the experiences within and beyond the classroom impact student persistence behaviours. This article contributes to the sparse research in South Africa on the correlates of ...
Evidence-based practices of promoting entrepreneurship education in higher education institutions in Africa
(International Foundation for Research and Development (IFRD), 2016)
This research applies the changing of cognitive mechanisms of University students through Entrepreneurship Education (EE). The study hypothesises that entrepreneurial orientation (achievement orientation, personal control, ...
Understanding IT management in Higher Education
(2015)
A meeting of academics concluded that the management of IT resources in education is sub-optimal and under-researched. The extent of IT-related changes indicates a need for strategic management, proper attention to the ...
Factors influencing the career choice of undergraduate students at a historically disadvantaged South African university
(IP Publishing, 2015)
During the apartheid years in South Africa, career guidance
amongst disadvantaged learners was largely absent and, for many, career
choices were limited and governed by politics. Despite South Africa
having celebrated ...
Dynamics of building a better society: Reflections on ten years of development cooperation and capacity building
(SUN Media, 2014)
The modern world is an environment of rapid change. Per Dalin points
out that we are experiencing an unprecedented ten revolutions occurring
simultaneously. There are revolutions prompted by globalisation and the
population ...
Student involvement in university decision-making: Good reasons, a new lens
(2011-04-04)
This paper proposes a framework for understanding student involvement in different domains of university decision-making based on the various reasons brought for and against student involvement. It briefly outlines the ...
Politics and higher education in East Africa from the 1920s to 1970
(Sun Media Bloemfontein, 2012)
The development of higher education in East Africa has a long history. For many years, the process was characterised by political wrangling, negotiations and compromises by black and white constituencies. What eventually ...