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Funding sources for public higher education in South Africa: institutional responses
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2013)
Tuition fees and the use of student loans to complement government’s allocations
have become unavoidable because of increasing competing new priorities for funding.
This article addresses the funding sources of public ...
Conceptualising transformation and interrogating elitism: the Bale scholarship programme
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2013)
In this article, we consider the extent to which a scholarship programme at the University of
the Witwatersrand (Wits) engages with the challenges of transformation. This scholarship
programme highlights the transformative ...
Pathways through the education and training system: do we need a new model?
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011)
Analyses conducted by the Education, Science and Skills Development (ESSD) research programme
at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) reveal major areas of misalignment in the South
African education pathway system. ...
Knowledge management in higher education
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2011)
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Mathematics: a powerful pre- and post-admission variable to predict success in engineering programmes at a University of Technology
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2013)
Although student attrition and retention are researched all over the world, there is no
final formula available to ensure academic success for selected students. The purpose
is to share research undertaken at the Tshwane ...
Work integrated learning competencies: industrial supervisors’ perspectives
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2016)
Research on student-learning outcomes indicates that university graduates do not possess relevant skills required by the industry such as leadership, emotional intelligence, problem solving, communication, decision-making ...
Theorising multiply disadvantaged young people’s challenges in accessing higher education
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2015)
This paper sketches an innovative conceptualisation of disadvantaged youth, shaped
dialogically by the interactions of theorising and data from a case study at Orange
Farm informal settlement in South Africa in 2013. The ...
Balance in academic leadership: voices of women from Turkey and the United States of America (US )
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)
This comparative study examines the experiences of women leaders in Turkey and the US. It argues
that the theme of ‘balance in leadership’ appeared to be the most influential driving force in women
leaders’ stories. It ...
Queering transformation in higher education
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2013-06)
Transformation in higher education has tended to focus on race and sex, at the expense of other forms
of discrimination. This article addresses the silencing of ‘queer’ issues in higher education. Using queer
theory as ...
External group coaching and mentoring: building a research community of practice at a university of technology
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2013)
Globally, a clarion call has been made for higher education institutions to establish
creative and effective research capacity-building systems with the purpose of
developing a next generation of scholars. The training ...