Tuesday, April 27, 2010

South Africa Higher Education Summit

The University World News provides very practical coverage of last week's summit on higher education in Cape Town, South Africa.

The summit involved representatives from all key stakeholder groups, including government officials, university administrators, faculty, support staff, and students.

Here are six brief but different perspectives that the News published.

An endorsement of stakeholder involvement

A challenge to make higher education more accessible

A report on the persistence of discrimination at universities

A faculty Jeremiad on higher education in shambles

Students speak out

A keynote called Transformation is not for sissies.

Maybe it's time to organize similar events in the US.