Higher Education Governance and Management in Africa Continental, Regional, and National Perspectives

The book focuses on higher education governance and management in Africa. It is grounded in the existing studies on governance and management of higher education. It comprises four parts and 15 chapters. The themes in the book can be encapsulated into: (a) the relationship between the state and the university (or the steering models for higher education) in Africa; (b) internal university governance within the framework of the shared governance model, that is, a tripartite arrangement which comprises the corporate governance organ (the university council), the academic governance body (the university senate) and management; (c) internationalization of higher education in Africa; (d) quality assurance of higher education in Africa; (e) the third mission or the public service role of universities in Africa: (f) monitoring and evaluation of higher education; (f) external and internal higher education governance models; (g) and the regulatory agencies for higher education in Africa which has been triggered by the extension of the regulatory state into higher education.

PART 1: SETTING THE SCENE.- CHAPTER 1: Introduction.- CHAPTER 2: Locating the African University in the Global Context.- PART 2: CONTINENTAL PERSPECTIVES.- CHAPTER 3: Governance in Higher (Universities and Other Tertiary) Education Institutions in Africa.- CHAPTER 4: The Governance Architecture of a Supranational UniversityThe Case of the Pan-African University.- CHAPTER 5: Internal Quality Assurance in Universities in Africa: Motivations and Methodologies.- PART 3: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES.- CHAPTER 6: Governance of (Public) Universities at Systemic Level in Selected Countries in East Africa.- CHAPTER 7: University-Level Governance in East Africa: Reform Trajectories.- PART 4: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES.- CHAPTER 8: Engaging a Fragmented Higher Education Quality Assurance System in Namibia: An Agenda for Change.- CHAPTER 9: Reflections on Governance of a Ugandan Private University: A Personal Experience.- CHAPTER 10: The Role of Governance Structures in Monitoring and Evaluation of Higher Education Institutions’ Performance in South Africa.- CHAPTER 11: National Council for Higher Education of Uganda: A Call forTrimming of its Mandate and Increasing of its Staffing and Funding.- PART 5: Retrospective Reflections.- CHAPTER 12: Higher Education Governance and Management in Africa: Commonalities, Innovative Practices, Surprises, and Conclusions.

Lazarus Nabaho is Senior Lecturer of Educational Leadership and Management at Uganda Management Institute (UMI), Uganda

Wilberforce Turyasingura is Associate Professor of Human Resource Management and Development at Uganda Management Institute (UMI), Uganda