Higher education in the Third World: status symbol or instrument for development? |
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| Authors: | Wout Van Den Bor James C M Shute |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Agricultural Education, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands;(2) Department of Rural Extension Studies, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Southern countries have invested rather heavily in higher education. Yet, their development is severely hampered by problems
originating from both national policy conditions and institutional weaknesses. This paper presents an analysis of these problems
through a critical analysis of the World Bank Report onEducation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policies for Adjustment, Revitalization and Expansion. The paper further highlights the results of a recently published comparative study of higher agricultural education institutions
in ten countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. By carefully examining the concrete mandates, expectations and actual
possibilities of higher education institutions, this paper tries to explore the academic and societal frontiers of higher
education in the South. The paper ends by suggesting ways to improve higher education in the South by using the instrument
of South-North university co-operation. |
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