The Promise of Partnership and Continuities of Dependence: External Support to Higher Education in Africa
The Promise of Partnership and Continuities of Dependence: External Support to Higher Education in Africa
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伙伴关系的承诺和依赖的延续：对非洲高等教育的外部支持
DOI：
10.1017/s0002020600027001
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发表时间：
2003
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
B. Carrol
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作者：
J. Samoff;B. Carrol
摘要：经过一段时期的有意忽视和急剧恶化，非洲高等教育再次引起外界关注，现在的重点是“伙伴关系”而不是“援助”。本报告基于对非洲高等教育机构与外国政府、基金会和大学之间联系的广泛调查，特别强调与美国的联系。在其中，我们探讨了外部支持的演变、特征、承诺和问题。早些时候，大多数非洲大学都与欧洲机构有联系。通过独立，他们主张自己的主权和自治。然而，到了 20 世纪 80 年代，几乎所有地方的资源都不足了。今天，重新受到关注可能带来新的资金，但也可能带来新的问题。学术伙伴关系往往是片面的，外部支持通常带有条件。通过构建、组织和指导学术事业以及认识和验证知识的方式，伙伴关系有可能以明确和微妙的方式重新引入早期时代的外部方向。对这些问题和其他问题的考虑之后是几个附录，其中包含对这些材料的彻底分类，可以用作未来研究的资源。
Abstract: After a period of conscious neglect and dramatic deterioration, higher education in Africa is again attracting external attention, with an emphasis now on “partnerships” rather than “aid.” This report is based on an extensive survey of links between African institutions of higher education and foreign governments, foundations, and universities, with particular emphasis on links with the United States. In it, we explore the evolution, characteristics, promise, and problems of external support. Earlier, most African universities were linked to European institutions. With independence, they asserted their sovereignty and autonomy. By the 1980s, however, resources were inadequate nearly everywhere. Today, renewed attention may bring new funds, yet it also may bring new problems. Academic partnerships are often one-sided, and external support commonly carries conditions. By framing, organizing, and orienting the academic enterprise and thus ways of knowing and validating knowledge, partnerships threaten to reintroduce, in both explicit and subtle ways, the external direction of the earlier era. A consideration of these and other issues is followed by several appendixes, which contain a thorough cataloging of this material and may be used as a resource for future research.