Academic Citizenship in African Higher Education Towards a Socioeconomic Development Agenda

This book addresses national development and academic citizenship in higher education in Africa. For some, the concept of academic citizenship refers to the legitimate practice of academics working within Higher Education. To others, it suggests roles that are beyond the boundaries of academic institutions. There is a dearth of research on academic citizenship in relation to Africa. This edited volume contributes to a better understanding of the role of higher education in national development by presenting case studies and perspectives from a wide range of stakeholders, educators, and researchers in the African context.

1. University culture and traditions: does this limit and / or influence the extent of an academic’s role beyond academia?.- 2. Using frameworks to establishing a culture of academic citizenship: an illustrative case.- 3. Fostering Academic Citizenship and Graduate Skills: A Coaching Approach in a University of Technology Context in South Africa.- 4. Academic citizenship in private higher education institutions: A South African reflection.- 5. Reconceptualising academic citizenship in the global south via an interdisciplinary debate club.- 6. Behavioural impediments in realising decent academic citizenship: evidence from Nigeria’s higher education sector,- 7. Academic citizenship and socioeconomic development.- 8. Boosting academic citizenship in Africa through internationalisation: lessons from the global north.- 9. A non-parametric DEA analysis of research efficacy as a proxy for academic citizenship in South African public universities: do academic ranks matter?.

Chux Gervase Iwu is Professor and Chair in Entrepreneurship in Higher Education at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. He has a multidisciplinary background that encompasses degrees in Library Studies, Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Human Resources Management, and an Advanced Diploma in Management. Iwu researches the broad area of socioeconomic issues in emerging economies.