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Regionalization of African Higher Education pp 93–112Cite as

Regionalization of Quality Assurance in Africa

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In line with the functional, organizational and political approach to regionalization of higher education which is discussed in the first chapter of this book, quality assurance is one of the core functional element of higher education regionalization process that this chapter will be discussing.

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  1. Faculty of Sciences, University of Burundi, South Africa

    Juma Shabani

  2. Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI-Africa), Nigeria

    Peter Okebukola

  3. University of Agriculture, Nigeria

    Olusola Oyewole

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  1. University of Toronto, Canada

    Jane Knight

  2. University of Bayreuth, Germany

    Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis

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Shabani, J., Okebukola, P., Oyewole, O. (2017). Regionalization of Quality Assurance in Africa. In: Knight, J., Woldegiorgis, E.T. (eds) Regionalization of African Higher Education. African Higher Education: Developments and Perspectives. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-956-0_6

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