Regionalization of African Higher Education : Progress and Prospects.

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; FIGURES; TABLES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; OUTLINE OF THE BOOK; The Concept and Process of Higher Education Regionalization; Historical and Political Perspectives on the Regionalization of Higher Education; Africanization, Internationalization, and Regionalization; Models of Regional Higher Education Collaboration in Africa; Quality Assurance; Academic Mobility within Africa; Qualification Recognition and Frameworks; Student Competencies and Curriculum; Research Centres and Networks

Financing of African Higher EducationThe Influence of the Bologna Process; Realities, Challenges, and Prospects; REFERENCES; 1. THE CONCEPT AND PROCESS OF HIGHER EDUCATION REGIONALIZATION; INTRODUCTION; Growing Importance of Higher Education Regionalization in Africa; Understanding Regionalization; Chapter Objectives and Outline; MAPPING OF REGIONALIZATION TERMS; CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROCESS OF HIGHER EDUCATION REGIONALIZATION; THE FUNCTIONAL/ORGANIZATIONAL /POLITICAL APPROACHES (FOPA) MODEL TO THE REGIONALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Building and Strengthening Current Connections and ActivitiesFunctional, Organizational and Political Approaches; APPLICATION OF FOPA MODEL TO AFRICA; THE AFRICAN UNION STRATEGY FOR HARMONIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMMES; ISSUES, QUESTIONS, AND CHALLENGES; Rationales, Objectives, and Outcomes; Regional Governance; Language; Participation and Engagement for All; Unintended Consequences
Benefits and Risks; Innovation; CONCLUDING REMARKS; NOTE; REFERENCES; 2. HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES: On Regionalization of African Higher Education; INTRODUCTION

EARLY MOVES TOWARDS REGIONALIZATIONThe Arusha Convention as a Legislative Framework; INSTITUTIONAL DYNAMICS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY(OAU)/AFRICAN UNION(AU); CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; 3. INTERNATIONALIZATION, REGIONALIZATION AND AFRICANIZATION: A Critical Gaze; INTRODUCTION; THE MEANING OF AFRICANIZATION, INTERNATIONALIZATION, AND REGIONALIZATION IN AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION; Africanization; Internationalization; Regionalization; THE EVOLUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA: AN OVERVIEW; THE NEXUS BETWEEN AFRICANIZATION AND INTERNATIONALIZATION: POWER DYNAMICS

THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN UNIVERSITIESCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 4. MODELS AND APPROACHES TO REGIONAL ACADEMIC COLLABORATION IN AFRICA; INTRODUCTION; The Imperative of Regionalization; Clarification of Terminologies; TYPOLOGY OF REGIONAL ACADEMIC INITIATIVES; Different Approaches to Regionalization; REGIONAL INSTITUTION OR ORGANIZATION; University of East Africa and the Inter-University Council of East Africa; University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland; OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING INSTITUTION; University of South Africa (UNISA); African Virtual University; CONSORTIUM MODEL