Contesting Ideas of a University: The Case of South Africa

Humanities

Charl C. Wolhuter²  John Mushaandja¹ 

[1] Department of Educational Foundations and Management, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia; E-Mail:;Faculty of Education Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa

关键词: African university;    neo-liberal economics;    liberal-humanistic education;    South Africa;    university;   

DOI  :  10.3390/h4020212

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

This article portrays four historically evolved ideas of a university, as they have developed in the South African context, namely the British liberal-humanistic education idea, the Afrikaner idea of an ethnically-oriented developmental university, the idea of an African university, and the idea of a university proclaimed by neo-liberal economics. The global significance of this contest, as it plays out itself on South African soil, is noted.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
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