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Book SynopsisThis book examines the Ethiopian higher education sector through an exploration of its various dimensions, challenges and prospects. Albeit one of the largest systems in the continent, the sector has received little research attention in the past. The book bridges this gap by marshalling a variety of current themes and issues with their wider implications for continental and global higher education. The chapters are structured in such a way that general readers, professionals and students of higher education can have a good grasp of the Ethiopian higher education sector as a microcosm of the African higher education ecosystem.
Table of ContentsPreface Series Editors’ Preface Acknowledgements List of Acronyms About the Authors Introduction PART 1: Access and Equity 1 Linking Female Students’ Access to Success 2 Gender Parity and the Leaking Pipeline 3 Disability in Higher Education: From Policy to Practice 4 Responding to the Needs of Eritrean Refugees in Ethiopia 5 A New Refugee Law: Implications for Higher Education 6 Closing the Gender Gap in Higher Education Leadership 7 Perpetuating Inequity Despite Higher Education Expansion PART 2: HE Governance and Management 8 Government-University Relations: A Troubled Marriage 9 The Shifting Sands of University Management in Ethiopia 10 Do Students Have a Say in University Governance? 11 University Boards: Visibility, Efficiency and Accountability 12 Towards More Achievable University Vision Statements 13 What Next for a Partially Differentiated Higher Education System? PART 3: University Systems and Resources 14 HE Financing Reforms – Intentions and Realities 15 Challenges of Ensuring Quality Education 16 Towards a Uniform System of Academic Promotion 17 Imperatives for a Functioning Information System at HEI s 18 University Resources: Imperatives for Efficient Utilization 19 Unlocking the Potential of ICT in Higher Education PART 4: Private Higher Education and Privatization 20 Emerging Contours of African Private Higher Education 21 Unusual in Growth and Composition: Ethiopian Private Higher Education 22 Family Owned PHEI s in Africa 23 African Private Higher Education: Progressive Policies and Ambivalent Stances 24 Overcoming the Public-Private Divide in HE Law 25 Perils of Unregulated Privatization in Public Universities 26 Improving the Knowledge Base on Private Higher Education PART 5: Quality Assurance in Higher Education 27 Towards a Diversified System of Quality Assurance 28 Beyond the Establishment of Quality Assurance Agencies 29 Internal Quality Assurance: Key to Maintaining Quality 30 From Gate Keepers to Gate Crashers: Corruption among University Faculty 31 The Scourge of Unscrupulous Private HE Institutions 32 Academic Credential Fraud: In Search of Lasting Solutions PART 6: Internationalization of Higher Education 33 Disparities and Parallels in Internationalization: The Ethiopian Experience 34 Medical Education and the Ethiopian Exodus of Talent 35 Foreign HE Outposts: Navigating Risks and Opportunities 36 Foreign Qualification and Credential Evaluation 37 Cross-Border Higher Education: Regulating the Benefits and Risks 38 The Challenges of Attracting and Retaining Foreign Faculty 39 Internationalization Now a Deliberate Undertaking PART 7: Research and Outreach 40 Towards a More Productive and Aligned Research System 41 Catalyzing R&D: The Need for More Government Funding 42 The Meager Output of Ethiopian PhDs 43 Increasing the Visibility of Local Journals 44 Towards a National System of Journal Accreditation 45 Re-Engaging with Community Service in Universities 46 University-Industry Ties: The Need for Good Management PART 8: The Link between TVET and Higher Education 47 When TVET Fails to Provide the Answers 48 Universities vs TVET: Are Attitudes the Problem? 49 Applied Universities: A Viable Path to Higher Education 50 The TVET Sector’s Challenge to Recruit, Retain Competent Trainers 51 Gains and Challenges for Women in the TVET Sector PART 9: Graduate Employability 52 Education and the Workplace: Addressing the Yawning Gap 53 Graduate Employability: Whose Responsibility? 54 Producing Work-Ready Graduates Requires Strong Partnerships 55 Job Creation Plan: What Role for Higher Education? 56 Employment Gender Gap also a Higher Education Issue 57 Students Face Challenges on Route to Self-Employment 58 Advancing Employability through a Labor Market Information System PART 10: COVID-19 and Its Impact on Higher Education 59 COVID-19 Threat to Higher Education: Africa’s Challenges, Responses, and Apprehensions 60 COVID-19 – Private Higher Education Faces Precarious Future 61 The Shift to Online Learning Calls for Global Cooperation 62 Stemming the Impact of COVID-19 on Employment 63 Defying the Notion of the Ivory Tower in the Aftermath of COVID-19 References
