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The Third Mission of Universities on the African Continent: Conceptualisation and Operationalisation
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Nabaho, Lazarus; Turyasingura, Wilberforce; Twinomuhwezi, Ivan; Nabukenya, Margaret – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2022
Objective: The purpose of the study was to explore the conceptualization of the third mission in African higher education and the activities that universities are required to engage in and/or are engaging in to fulfil the third role. Method: The interpretive lens underpinned the study. Data were collected from the documents of the African Union…
Descriptors: Universities, Institutional Mission, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
High Education as a Common Good in China: A Case Study for Ideas and Practice
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Zhu, Jiangang – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2016
China began its modern system of higher education with the establishment of the former Peking University in Beijing in 1898. The traditional Confucian philosophy of education has been replaced dramatically by modern western philosophy. However, since the communist party came to power in 1949, the philosophy of higher education has experienced many…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational History, Educational Practices