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5 août 2015

What a less Eurocentric reading list would look like

The ConversationBy , and . The debate about curriculum and staff diversity is gaining momentum at some South African as well as British universities.
Some have challenged the dominance of dead white men in university literary studies departments. But what would a more diverse, less Eurocentric reading list look like in different disciplines? Three academics offer their suggestions. More...

5 août 2015

We need to remember why we teach and learn languages

The ConversationBy . There is an ongoing debate across Africa about the ideal language of instruction in education. This tends to centre on whether children should be taught in their home languages or in languages that are more widely spoken and are considered more universally “useful”. More...

5 août 2015

How African doctorates and doctoral candidates are changing

The ConversationBy . People’s attitudes towards and expectations of doctoral candidates have changed several times in Africa. During the 1960s and 1970s, as many colonial powers left the continent, doctoral graduates were valued as sophisticated scholars. More...
5 août 2015

Policing plagiarism could make universities miss the real problems

The ConversationBy and . Plagiarism regularly makes the headlines and universities are under pressure to tackle the problem decisively. More...
5 août 2015

Africa’s business schools must champion anti-corruption education

The ConversationBy and . Corruption touches our lives every day. It happens across the private sector as well as the public service in the realms of housing, education, health and agriculture. Its influence reaches dangerously further, too: it directly threatens sustainable development. More...
5 août 2015

Universities need to adapt to become part of shaping a better future

The ConversationBy . Universities have three “missions”. The first two are teaching and research. The third goes by many names: community engagement, public service, knowledge exchange or sometimes the entrepreneurial periphery. More...
5 août 2015

Why do so few black males go into STEM areas? Here’s what made DeAndre give up

The ConversationBy . Dressed in a black hoodie and sagging jeans, DeAndre (name changed) swaggers down the street, singing loudly the gritty lyrics of a gangsta rap. More...
5 août 2015

‘Class ceiling’ in workplace suppresses the American dream

The ConversationBy . The American dream of equal opportunity, based on the conviction that intelligence, hard work and character are the keys to success, may be on life support. These days children raised at the top or bottom fifths of the income pyramid tend to stay there, even as adults. More...
5 août 2015

Foreign students not a threat, but an advantage

The ConversationBy and . An undeniable shift is taking place across US campuses with the number of international students increasing rapidly. Between 2003 and 2013, the number of foreign students studying in the US increased by 55% with continuing growth anticipated in the years ahead. More...
5 août 2015

Without a humanistic inquiry, we will lose our creativity

The ConversationBy . Today it is hard to imagine that the national government would spend millions of dollars to put unemployed artists to work for the good of the country.
But that is precisely what happened in the United States at the height of the Great Depression. There has been a lot of talk lately about the “worth of the humanities” and of the creative arts in particular. More...
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