Challenges and Opportunities for International Higher Education Collaboration for Africa’s Sustainable Development

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dc.contributor.authorNagao, M.
dc.contributor.authorMutisya, E.
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-04T05:33:06Z
dc.date.available2015-06-04T05:33:06Z
dc.date.issued2015-05
dc.descriptionThis paper was presented at the International Conference on ‘Re-Engineering Education for Sustainable Development’ held on 18th – 20th May 2015 at Kenyatta University Conference Centre (KUCC) Nairobi, KENYAen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper argues that the role of higher education in Africa’s sustainable development is crucial and concerted efforts should be made to promote universities’ international collaboration to enhance this role. Most African universities today, however, lack resources, capacities and institutional basis even to maintain their existing operation, and the international collaboration they have sought with industrialized country donors and universities have not helped redress this situation either. This is in essence because the collaboration is skewed towards benefitting partner universities in industrialized countries, with the uneven movements of students and faculty members in favour of these countries. Given the global shift in development discourse and international cooperation, seriously-disposed universities in these countries would respond positively by instituting internal reforms to encourage intra-university and international collaboration thus increasing their contribution to sustainable development. This is because stakeholder collaboration for knowledge mobilization to solve practical problems is the essence of sustainable development effort. Higher education institutions have a key role to play in this respect as they are in a position to create knowledge through research, to distribute knowledge through education and training, to utilize knowledge through public outreach service, and combining all these functions in an integrated manner to assume leadership for the promotion of sustainable development. This paper argues for the promotion of international collaboration of African universities for sustainable development.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.identifier.citationInternational Conference on ‘Re-Engineering Education for Sustainable Development’ 18th – 20th May 2015en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/12749
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.subjectHigher education
dc.subjectStakeholder
dc.subjectCollaboration
dc.subjectSustainable development
dc.subjectAfrica
dc.titleChallenges and Opportunities for International Higher Education Collaboration for Africa’s Sustainable Developmenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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