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Ranking African Universities: Hypocrisy, Impunity and Complicity

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Ranking African Universities: Hypocrisy, Impunity and Complicity

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Nearly ten years ago I confronted an expert about what she claimed was an “African phenomenon” in higher education. She was reluctant to provide me with the raw data upon which this “phenomenon” was premised, so I vigorously contested her claim – Commentary from Damtew Teferra, University of KwaZulu-Natal

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[dropcap]Later[/dropcap] I managed to access that data through a credible international organisation. The conclusion she’d reached about Africa was based on feedback from just one country, Algeria.

I am sharing this story because so much of the talk about ranking higher education institutions in Africa goes on without meaningful, let alone credible, data. Research has found that some African universities can’t answer basic questions about their own operations because they lack data. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″][/three_fourth]

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