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Higher Education in Ethiopia
Themes and Issues from an African Perspective
Series: - Global Perspectives on Higher Education, Volume: 52
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This book examines the Ethiopian higher education sector through an exploration of its various dimensions, challenges and prospects. Albeit one of the largest systems in the continent, the sector has received little research attention in the past. The book bridges this gap by marshalling a variety of current themes and issues with their wider implications for continental and global higher education. The chapters are structured in such a way that general readers, professionals and students of higher education can have a good grasp of the Ethiopian higher education sector as a microcosm of the African higher education ecosystem.
Wondwosen Tamrat, PhD (Higher Education), is Associate Professor at St. Maryâs University in Ethiopia. He has published many articles and books on Ethiopian and African higher education, including The Evolving Quality Assurance System in Ethiopia (2012), The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Internationalization of Higher Education in the Global South (co-editor, 2021) and The Private Provision of Higher Education in Africa (forthcoming).
Preface
Series Editorsâ Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Acronyms
About the Authors
â Introduction
1 Linking Female Studentsâ Access to Success
2 Gender Parity and the Leaking Pipeline
3 Disability in Higher Education: From Policy to Practice
4 Responding to the Needs of Eritrean Refugees in Ethiopia
5 A New Refugee Law: Implications for Higher Education
6 Closing the Gender Gap in Higher Education Leadership
7 Perpetuating Inequity Despite Higher Education Expansion
8 Government-University Relations: A Troubled Marriage
9 The Shifting Sands of University Management in Ethiopia
10 Do Students Have a Say in University Governance?
11 University Boards: Visibility, Efficiency and Accountability
12 Towards More Achievable University Vision Statements
13 What Next for a Partially Differentiated Higher Education System?
14 HE Financing Reforms â Intentions and Realities
15 Challenges of Ensuring Quality Education
16 Towards a Uniform System of Academic Promotion
17 Imperatives for a Functioning Information System at HEI s
18 University Resources: Imperatives for Efficient Utilization
19 Unlocking the Potential of ICT in Higher Education
20 Emerging Contours of African Private Higher Education
21 Unusual in Growth and Composition: Ethiopian Private Higher Education
22 Family Owned PHEI s in Africa
23 African Private Higher Education: Progressive Policies and Ambivalent Stances
24 Overcoming the Public-Private Divide in HE Law
25 Perils of Unregulated Privatization in Public Universities
26 Improving the Knowledge Base on Private Higher Education
27 Towards a Diversified System of Quality Assurance
28 Beyond the Establishment of Quality Assurance Agencies
29 Internal Quality Assurance: Key to Maintaining Quality
30 From Gate Keepers to Gate Crashers: Corruption among University Faculty
31 The Scourge of Unscrupulous Private HE Institutions
32 Academic Credential Fraud: In Search of Lasting Solutions
33 Disparities and Parallels in Internationalization: The Ethiopian Experience
34 Medical Education and the Ethiopian Exodus of Talent
35 Foreign HE Outposts: Navigating Risks and Opportunities
36 Foreign Qualification and Credential Evaluation
37 Cross-Border Higher Education: Regulating the Benefits and Risks
38 The Challenges of Attracting and Retaining Foreign Faculty
39 Internationalization Now a Deliberate Undertaking
40 Towards a More Productive and Aligned Research System
41 Catalyzing R&D: The Need for More Government Funding
42 The Meager Output of Ethiopian PhDs
43 Increasing the Visibility of Local Journals
44 Towards a National System of Journal Accreditation
45 Re-Engaging with Community Service in Universities
46 University-Industry Ties: The Need for Good Management
47 When TVET Fails to Provide the Answers
48 Universities vs TVET: Are Attitudes the Problem?
49 Applied Universities: A Viable Path to Higher Education
50 The TVET Sectorâs Challenge to Recruit, Retain Competent Trainers
51 Gains and Challenges for Women in the TVET Sector
52 Education and the Workplace: Addressing the Yawning Gap
53 Graduate Employability: Whose Responsibility?
54 Producing Work-Ready Graduates Requires Strong Partnerships
55 Job Creation Plan: What Role for Higher Education?
56 Employment Gender Gap also a Higher Education Issue
57 Students Face Challenges on Route to Self-Employment
58 Advancing Employability through a Labor Market Information System
59 COVID-19 Threat to Higher Education: Africaâs Challenges, Responses, and Apprehensions
60 COVID-19 â Private Higher Education Faces Precarious Future
61 The Shift to Online Learning Calls for Global Cooperation
62 Stemming the Impact of COVID-19 on Employment
63 Defying the Notion of the Ivory Tower in the Aftermath of COVID-19
References
Series Editorsâ Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Acronyms
About the Authors
â Introduction
PART 1: Access and Equity
1 Linking Female Studentsâ Access to Success
2 Gender Parity and the Leaking Pipeline
3 Disability in Higher Education: From Policy to Practice
4 Responding to the Needs of Eritrean Refugees in Ethiopia
5 A New Refugee Law: Implications for Higher Education
6 Closing the Gender Gap in Higher Education Leadership
7 Perpetuating Inequity Despite Higher Education Expansion
PART 2: HE Governance and Management
8 Government-University Relations: A Troubled Marriage
9 The Shifting Sands of University Management in Ethiopia
10 Do Students Have a Say in University Governance?
11 University Boards: Visibility, Efficiency and Accountability
12 Towards More Achievable University Vision Statements
13 What Next for a Partially Differentiated Higher Education System?
PART 3: University Systems and Resources
14 HE Financing Reforms â Intentions and Realities
15 Challenges of Ensuring Quality Education
16 Towards a Uniform System of Academic Promotion
17 Imperatives for a Functioning Information System at HEI s
18 University Resources: Imperatives for Efficient Utilization
19 Unlocking the Potential of ICT in Higher Education
PART 4: Private Higher Education and Privatization
20 Emerging Contours of African Private Higher Education
21 Unusual in Growth and Composition: Ethiopian Private Higher Education
22 Family Owned PHEI s in Africa
23 African Private Higher Education: Progressive Policies and Ambivalent Stances
24 Overcoming the Public-Private Divide in HE Law
25 Perils of Unregulated Privatization in Public Universities
26 Improving the Knowledge Base on Private Higher Education
PART 5: Quality Assurance in Higher Education
27 Towards a Diversified System of Quality Assurance
28 Beyond the Establishment of Quality Assurance Agencies
29 Internal Quality Assurance: Key to Maintaining Quality
30 From Gate Keepers to Gate Crashers: Corruption among University Faculty
31 The Scourge of Unscrupulous Private HE Institutions
32 Academic Credential Fraud: In Search of Lasting Solutions
PART 6: Internationalization of Higher Education
33 Disparities and Parallels in Internationalization: The Ethiopian Experience
34 Medical Education and the Ethiopian Exodus of Talent
35 Foreign HE Outposts: Navigating Risks and Opportunities
36 Foreign Qualification and Credential Evaluation
37 Cross-Border Higher Education: Regulating the Benefits and Risks
38 The Challenges of Attracting and Retaining Foreign Faculty
39 Internationalization Now a Deliberate Undertaking
PART 7: Research and Outreach
40 Towards a More Productive and Aligned Research System
41 Catalyzing R&D: The Need for More Government Funding
42 The Meager Output of Ethiopian PhDs
43 Increasing the Visibility of Local Journals
44 Towards a National System of Journal Accreditation
45 Re-Engaging with Community Service in Universities
46 University-Industry Ties: The Need for Good Management
PART 8: The Link between TVET and Higher Education
47 When TVET Fails to Provide the Answers
48 Universities vs TVET: Are Attitudes the Problem?
49 Applied Universities: A Viable Path to Higher Education
50 The TVET Sectorâs Challenge to Recruit, Retain Competent Trainers
51 Gains and Challenges for Women in the TVET Sector
PART 9: Graduate Employability
52 Education and the Workplace: Addressing the Yawning Gap
53 Graduate Employability: Whose Responsibility?
54 Producing Work-Ready Graduates Requires Strong Partnerships
55 Job Creation Plan: What Role for Higher Education?
56 Employment Gender Gap also a Higher Education Issue
57 Students Face Challenges on Route to Self-Employment
58 Advancing Employability through a Labor Market Information System
PART 10: COVID-19 and Its Impact on Higher Education
59 COVID-19 Threat to Higher Education: Africaâs Challenges, Responses, and Apprehensions
60 COVID-19 â Private Higher Education Faces Precarious Future
61 The Shift to Online Learning Calls for Global Cooperation
62 Stemming the Impact of COVID-19 on Employment
63 Defying the Notion of the Ivory Tower in the Aftermath of COVID-19
References
While the book can attract general readers, it is of significant interest to researchers, academics and post-graduate students of higher education in Africa and beyond.