Doctoral Training and Higher Education in Africa

This book explores the discourses and practices that guide doctoral training in Africa, highlighting the importance of higher education for development and innovation. It examines the history, present, and future potential of doctoral training on international, regional, national, and institutional levels, analyzing frameworks and structures, access to education, proactive recruitment, funding issues, practitioner expertise, enrolment, and drop-out across various countries. It is a valuable resource for higher education administrators, policy makers, researchers, and academics interested in higher education in Africa.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 204 pages
Publication date: 27 May 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Drawing on insights from across Africa, this book investigates the discourses and practices that guide doctoral training today. Higher education is recognized as a vital driver of development and innovation, creating an informed knowledge base equipped to address local and global challenges. For too long, external forces have shaped education in the continent, but now African countries are revitalizing higher education, designing doctoral training to meet distinctly African needs and contexts. This book explores the history, present, and future potential of doctoral training on international, regional, national, and institutional levels. It brings together expertise from both research and practice, analyzing the frameworks and structures of the doctoral phase and how institutions, supervisors, mentors, and young scholars meet the challenges of training in real life. The book covers issues such as access to education, proactive recruitment, funding issues, practitioner expertise, enrolment and drop-out, across a range of countries including South Africa, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, and Morocco. This book will be a valuable resource for higher education administrators and policy makers, as well as researchers and academics with an interest in higher education in Africa.

Weight: 396g
Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032025704