Higher Education Transformation in South Africa: Towards a Conceptual and Contextual Map for the 21st Century

Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis; Logan Govender; Dennis Zami Atibuni

doi:10.4324/9781003530299-2

Higher Education Transformation in South Africa: Towards a Conceptual and Contextual Map for the 21st Century

Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education Studies

University of Johannesburg

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This book aims to critically interrogate the notion of transformation in higher education (HE), focusing on epistemological and structural issues in post-colonial, post-Apartheid, and contemporary South Africa. The notion of transformation is pivotal in addressing the deep-rooted structural issues and epistemological challenges. Here, transformation is understood as a purposeful and evolutionary process that entails a significant alteration of systems to achieve improved states. Such changes are not merely incremental but represent fundamental shifts in mindset and practice. This chapter maps out the key conceptual markers of the book and draws attention to the main themes explored in the chapters that follow.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Rethinking Higher Education in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Subtitle of host publication	Transformative Trajectories within a Decolonial Paradigm
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	1-14
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9781040346877
ISBN (Print)	9781032869827
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003530299-2
Publication status	Published - 25 Jul 2025

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General Arts and Humanities
General Economics,Econometrics and Finance
General Medicine

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Rethinking Higher Education in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Transformative Trajectories within a Decolonial Paradigm. Taylor and Francis, 2025. p. 1-14.

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