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An Approach to Institutional Reform in Higher Education
Working paper
June 1994 |
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| South Africa's universities face remarkable challenges. Experience in other countries suggests that universities under similar strains can easily succumb to a spiral of mediocrity. Change is essential, and I suggest that a key to implementing change is "beginning at the end." This means emphasizing outcomes more than intake criteria or standardized pedagogical processes. A central task for universities is to mobilize abundant, credible information on outcomes, and then to link the incentives of lecturers and students to the results obtained. One possibility is to experiment with the creation and use of international examination in a subset of subjects, a proposal of merit well beyond South African borders. |
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