Doctoral Degrees (School of Higher Education Studies)
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A phenomenological reading of the racial knowledge and identities of student leaders engaged in reconciliation
(University of the Free State, 2017-08)This study wants to make sense of the lived experiences of student leaders engaged in racial reconciliation at a South African university campus by exploring their struggles with racial knowledge and identity over time. ... -
Teacher educators' perceptions and practices of teaching in a blended learning mode in Ghana
(University of the Free State, 2022-04)The teaching and learning approach for higher education institutions all over the world has been transformed as a result of the emergence of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) in March 2020. The pandemic necessitated the shift ... -
Analysing student affairs research within higher education through Bronfenbrenner’s bio-ecological model lens
(University of the Free State, 2020-07)Through Bronfenbrenner’s Person, Process, Context and Time (PPCT) model lens, this study identified the most important student affairs research themes for transforming student (including postgraduate students) learning and ... -
Enhancing English academic literacy programmes for first year university students
(University of the Free State, 2015-06)This study aims at enhancing English academic literacy programmes for first year university students at the Qwaqwa Campus of the UFS. In order to achieve this, the following specific objectives were formulated to direct ... -
Early career women academics: a case study of working lives in a gendered institution
(University of the Free State, 2019-09)This study was informed by my interest in a set of inter-related policy concerns about the academic profession in South Africa. Academic staff in South African universities remain predominantly white and male at senior ... -
Physial space and transformation in higher education: the case of the University of the Free State
(University of the Free State, 2018-09)The significance of space and objects in space on South African higher education campuses was brought to the fore during the 2015/16 student movements. The movements highlighted that official higher education policy and ... -
Exploring the role of service-learning in human development: perspectives of staff, students and community members
(University of the Free State, 2017-06)Higher education institutions (HEIs) and particularly universities are increasingly being linked to debates about development. This perspective is dominated by two schools of thought. On the one hand, universities are ... -
The relationship between lecturers' loci of control, job satisfaction and teaching approaches
(University of the Free State, 2012)English: The main purpose of this study was to determine whether a significant relationship existed between job satisfaction, locus of control, and teaching approach. The study was executed by means of a quantitative, ... -
A staff development programme for merged and incorporated South African higher education institutions
(University of the Free State, 2003-11)English: Mergers and incorporations in higher education institutions are a world-wide phenomenon. The reasons why higher education institutions merge are not different from those of companies in the corporate sector, ... -
The challenges of designing a new programme and qualification mix (PQM) for a comprehensive university in South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2009-04)English: This study focused on the challenges of designing a new Programme and Qualification Mix (PQM) for a Comprehensive University (CU) in South Africa. The mergers and incorporations of higher education institutions ... -
Factors influencing organisational commitment motivation and job satisfaction among academic employees at a South African university: post-merger effects
(University of the Free State, 2009-12)This study was an assessment of the level of academics' organisational commitment, motivation and job satisfaction after the complex transformational process of merging. The study focused on one faculty in a South African ... -
Appreciating the University of the Free State's transformation: a juxtaposed journey with Alice to Wonderland
(University of the Free State, 2013-01)Introduction and background to the study The dynamic higher education (HE) sector is continually adapting in order to enhance scholarship. The University of the Free State (UFS) experienced extreme pressure to stabilise ... -
Developing the academic literacy of undergraduates studying by distance education in South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2002-11)English: This research has been conducted at a time of major transformation in higher education, both in South Africa and internationally, which involves the re-engineering of education processes, such as content delivery, ... -
Understanding leadership among senior enrolment management leaders and their followers: a multiple case study
(University of the Free State, 2017-04)Higher education in the United States of America is undergoing significant transformation. Still feeling the effects of the “Great Recession”, states have cut back significantly on funding for higher education. In the USA, ... -
Exploring the development and implementation of health and support services in five South African higher education institutions for a key population, men who have sex with men
(University of the Free State, 2017)English: The need for university support of self-identifying students has received recent attention with the introduction of global funding and directives from the National Department of Health through the National Strategic ... -
Labour market expectations of University of Technology graduates in human resource management: implications for programme planning
(University of the Free State, 2016-12)English: Globally, the field of Human Resource Management (HRM) evolved from a support endeavour into a strategic counterpart for the effective functioning of organisations. The evolution of HR has determined various ... -
A framework for facilitating the transition from school to university in South Africa: a capabilities approach
(University of the Free State, 2012-11)English: Access to university in South Africa has been, and continues to be, a highly contested area that is plagued with many layers of complexity rooted in the social, political and educational past and present. Situated ... -
The role of traditional knowledge in acquisition of proficiency in academic English by students in a higher education institution: an autoethnographic study
(University of the Free State, 2012-11)English: Using Sesotho traditional knowledge as a case, the aim of the inquiry was to gain an understanding of the role of traditional knowledge in academic English proficiency of higher education students from a ... -
Competence directives for enhancing the employability of hospitality management graduates in South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2012-12)English: Hospitality education institutions are often confronted by claims that they do not meet one of the most significant challenges facing contemporary higher education, namely the challenge to develop employable ... -
Improving learner support at the Institute of extra-mural studies of the National University of Lesotho
(University of the Free State, 2012-06)English: Student support is extremely important in the distance mode of learning. Distance students are geographically separated from the institution that offers them tuition. The isolation from the institution and from ...
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