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Black women in South African academia struggle to get ahead: what needs to change

Black women in South African academia struggle to get ahead: what needs to change

IN South Africa, the number of black women who acquire undergraduate degrees has increased more than any other population group. Yet they remain underrepresented in senior academic and management positions in the country’s higher education institutions. Author JEAN LEE FARMER, Advisor: Higher Education Professional Development, Stellenbosch University Historically, black South African pupils received separate schooling and less funding for education from the apartheid government than white pupils. Mixed-race, Indian and Asian learners received slightly more than black learners. Separate higher education institutions were also established for the different race groups. Very few black students could apply for special permission to…
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Varsities: Egypt makes a leap

Varsities: Egypt makes a leap

CONRAD ONYANGO EGYPTIAN Universities’ growing emphasis on churning out high impact research could pave the way for other higher institutions of learning in Africa to enter the top league of the World’s Best Universities. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022, has listed Egyptian Universities among the fastest rising higher institutions of learning over the last four years. At 11 points of growth, the rate is even higher than China’s, which saw an improvement of 9 points. However, China's improvement saw two of its universities enter the top 20, while Egypt has just entered the top 300. Nevertheless, the…
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