Diversity, culture and support key to HE transformation

By Karen MacGregor. A review of equity and transformation initiatives in three South African universities, two decades after the advent of democracy, has highlighted the importance of diversity among staff, institutional cultures and support for emerging researchers. Strategies are needed to tackle the key challenge of increasing the output of quality postgraduates.
The review was conducted by the Cape Higher Education Consortium or CHEC – a body comprising the four public universities of the Western Cape and aimed at strengthening higher education through institutional and academic collaboration – and authored by its CEO Nasima Badsha and consultant Sharman Wickham. Read more...