The author of this article argues that the Task Force behind the Peril and Promise report created a document that represents a silent compromise between what he calls “UNESCO values” and what is seen as “World Bank values.” In the years after the report was written, development has been mostly shaped by WB values. The question is raised whether this is partly due to a weakening of UNESCO as an oppositional force to the hegemonic trend of neoliberalism and academic capitalism.In conclusion, the article advocates that we need to opt again for a development of universities based on UNESCO values. We have to engage in an analytical evaluation of the present hegemony of academic capitalism, and argue more strongly for the alternative: higher edu...
In 2000, the independent Task Force on Higher Education and Society published “Higher Education in D...
This review paper focused on the major transformations undertaken to develop higher education. The h...
M AHMOOD MAMDANI. Scholars in the Market Place: The Dilemmas of Neo-Liberal Reform at Makerere Unive...
The author of this article argues that the Task Force behind the Peril and Promise report created a ...
This paper examines the impact of the path-breaking 2000 report entitled “Higher Education in Develo...
“Peril and Promise” (Task Force, 2000) was published when higher education in developing countries w...
Clarifies the arguments for higher education development, especially from the standpoint of public p...
SUMMARY Adverse macroeconomic conditions and keen intersectoral competition for public funds have r...
This article examines the role of the World Bank in advancing higher education sectors in the develo...
"Higher education is the modern world's basic education, but many countries are falling fur...
Although the concept of globalisation is embedded in the economic field, it is not foreign to educat...
The thesis of this paper is that the African university, like its counterpart in the advanced develo...
Over the years, many developing countries have showed apathy towards development of higher education...
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has been influential in domestic ed...
We [the World Bank] are the Queen Mary here so it’s hard to say when we start turning, because we mo...
In 2000, the independent Task Force on Higher Education and Society published “Higher Education in D...
This review paper focused on the major transformations undertaken to develop higher education. The h...
M AHMOOD MAMDANI. Scholars in the Market Place: The Dilemmas of Neo-Liberal Reform at Makerere Unive...
The author of this article argues that the Task Force behind the Peril and Promise report created a ...
This paper examines the impact of the path-breaking 2000 report entitled “Higher Education in Develo...
“Peril and Promise” (Task Force, 2000) was published when higher education in developing countries w...
Clarifies the arguments for higher education development, especially from the standpoint of public p...
SUMMARY Adverse macroeconomic conditions and keen intersectoral competition for public funds have r...
This article examines the role of the World Bank in advancing higher education sectors in the develo...
"Higher education is the modern world's basic education, but many countries are falling fur...
Although the concept of globalisation is embedded in the economic field, it is not foreign to educat...
The thesis of this paper is that the African university, like its counterpart in the advanced develo...
Over the years, many developing countries have showed apathy towards development of higher education...
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has been influential in domestic ed...
We [the World Bank] are the Queen Mary here so it’s hard to say when we start turning, because we mo...
In 2000, the independent Task Force on Higher Education and Society published “Higher Education in D...
This review paper focused on the major transformations undertaken to develop higher education. The h...
M AHMOOD MAMDANI. Scholars in the Market Place: The Dilemmas of Neo-Liberal Reform at Makerere Unive...