Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Neoliberal Managerialism of Higher Education and Human Capital Development in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st Century

  • Chapter
Re-thinking Postcolonial Education in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st Century

Abstract

African higher education, which is perceived as the panacea for challenges afflicting Sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) social, human and economic development (Ndofirepi, 2014), is facing challenges resulting from neoliberal globalisation. Higher education is supposed to yield significant benefits for both young people and society by providing better employment opportunities and job prospects, improved quality of life and greater economic growth (The Africa-America Institute, 2015).

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Abrokwaa, C. (2014). Globalisation and the academy: The African university within the new world order – Inclusion or relegation. In E. Shizha (Ed.), Remapping Africa in the global space: Propositions for change (pp. 167–179). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

    Google Scholar 

  • African Centre for Economic Transformation [ACET]. (2016). Unemployment in Africa: No jobs for 50% of the graduates. Accra/Washington, DC: ACET.

    Google Scholar 

  • Baah-Boateng, W. (2013). Human capital development: The case of education as a vehicle for Africa’s economic transformation. Legion Journal of International Affairs and Diplomacy (LEJIAD), 7(1), 31–55.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ball, S. J. (2009). Privatising education, privatising education policy, privatising educational research: Network governance and the ‘competition state’. Journal of Education Policy, 24(1), 83–100.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Benhabib, J., & Spiegel, M. (2005). Human capital and technology diffusion. In P. Aghion & S. Durlauf (Eds.), Handbook of economic growth (pp. 935–966). Amsterdam: North-Holland.

    Google Scholar 

  • Benjamin, D., Gunderson, M., Lemieux, T., & Riddel, W. C. (2012). Labour market economics (7th ed.). Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bentley, K., Habib, A., & Morrow, S. (2006). Academic freedom, institutional autonomy and the corporatised university in contemporary South Africa. Pretoria: Council on Higher Education.

    Google Scholar 

  • Blom, A., Raza, R., Kiamba, C., Bayusuf, H., & Adil, M. (2016). Expanding tertiary education for well-paid jobs: Competitiveness and shared prosperity in Kenya. Washington, DC: World Bank Publications.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Brennan, J. (2008). Higher education and social change. Higher Education, 56(3), 381–393.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Chaharbaghi, K. (2007). Provision of public services in an age of managerialism: Looking better but feeling worse. Equal Opportunities International, 26(4), 319–330.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Chimanikire, D. P. (2005, December 5–9). Brain drain: Causes, and economic consequences for Africa. Paper presented at the 27th AAPAM Annual Roundtable Conference, Zambezi Sun Hotel, Livingstone, Zambia.

    Google Scholar 

  • de Boer, H., Goedegebuure, L., & Meek, V. L. (2010). The changing nature of academic middle management: A framework for analysis. The changing dynamics of higher education middle management. Dordrecht: Springer.

    Google Scholar 

  • Devarajana, S., Mongab, C., & Zongo, T. (2011). Making higher education finance work for Africa. Journal of African Economies, 20(3), 133–154.

    Google Scholar 

  • Docquier, F., Lohest, O., & Marfouk A. (2007). Brain drain in developing countries. World Bank Economic Review, 21(2), 193–218.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • du Toit, A. (2014). Revisiting ‘co-operative governance’ in higher education: A discussion document. Pretoria: Higher Education South Africa (HESA).

    Google Scholar 

  • ENCA. (2015, August 15). The extent of Africa’s brain drain is ‘frightening’: Mbeki. ENCA. Retrieved December 11, 2016, from https://www.enca.com/africa/extent-africa%E2%80%99s-brain-drain-frightening-mbeki

    Google Scholar 

  • Fielden, J. (2008). Global trends in university governance. Washington, DC: World Bank Education Paper Series, World Bank.

    Google Scholar 

  • Filho, W. L., Azeiteiro, U. M., Alves, F., & Molthan-Hill, P. (Eds.). (2016). Handbook of theory and practice of sustainable development in higher education (Vol. 2). New York, NY: Springer.

    Google Scholar 

  • Firsing, S. (2016). How severe is Africa’s brain drain. Quartz Africa.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fitzgerald, T. (2009). The tyranny of bureaucracy: Continuing challenges of leading and managing from the middle. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 37(1), 51–65.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ishengoma, J. (2004). Cost sharing in higher education in Tanzania: Fact or fiction. Journal of Higher Education in Africa, 2(2), 101–133.

    Google Scholar 

  • Itika, J. S. (2011). Fundamentals of human resource management: Emerging experiences from Africa. Leiden, Germany: University of Groningen.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kiamba, C. (2004). Private sponsored students and other income-generating activities at the University of Nairobi. Journal of Higher Education in Africa, 2(2), 53–73.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kolsaker, A. (2008). Academic professionalism in the managerialist era: A study of English universities. Studies in Higher Education, 33(5), 513–525.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Levy, D. C. (2006). The unanticipated explosion: Private higher education’s global surge. Comparative Education Review, 50(2), 218–240.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lucas, L. (2014). Academic resistance in the UK: Challenging quality assurance processes in higher education. Policy and Society, 33, 215–224.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lynch, K. (2014). New managerialism: The impact on education. Concept, 5(3), 1–11.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lynch, K., Grummell, B., & Lyons, M. (2012). New managerialism in education: Commercialisation, carelessness and gender. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Mabizela, M. (2002). The evolution of private higher education in South Africa. Perspectives in Education, 20(4), 41–52.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mamdani, M. (2008). Scholars in the marketplace: The dilemmas of neo-liberal reform at Makere University 1989–2005. Pretoria: HSRC Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Masaiti, G. (2013). Students’ perceptions of financing public Universities in Zambia: Towards a more sustainable and inclusive policy strategy. In D. Teferra (Ed.), Funding higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa (pp. 296–326). Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Morrissey, J. (2013). Governing the academic subject: Foucault governmentality and the performing university. Oxford Review of Education, 39, 797–810.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mpofu, J., Chimhenga, S., & Mafa, O. (2013). Funding higher education in Zimbabwe: The experience, challenges and opportunities of the cadetship scheme. In D. Teferra (Ed.), Funding higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa (pp. 327–350). Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Mugimu, C. B. (2009). The state of higher education in Africa. Comparative & International Higher Education, 1, 5–6.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ngare, P. (2008, August 24). Parallel students pay more but take less time to earn degrees. Daily Nation.

    Google Scholar 

  • Nyarko, Y. (2014). The brain drain in Africa. Retrieved September 18, 2016, from http://yawnyarko.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/The-Brain-Drain-in-Africa.pdf

    Google Scholar 

  • Oketch, M. O. (2003). Market model of financing higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Examples from Kenya. Higher Education Policy, 16(3), 313–332.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Peters, M. A. (2013). Managerialism and the neoliberal university: Prospects for new forms of “open management” in higher education. Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice, 5(1), 11–26.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rahima, M. F. A., Joharib, R. J., & Takril, N. F. (2015, April 13–14). Revisited note on corporate governance and quality of audit committee: Malaysian perspective. Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Financial Criminology, Wadham College, Oxford, United Kingdom.

    Google Scholar 

  • Reed, M. I., Meek, V. L., & Jones, G. A. (2002). Introduction. In A. Amaral, G. A. Jones, & B. Karseth (Eds.), Governing higher education: National perspectives on institutional governance (pp. xv–xxxi). Pretoria: Kluwer.

    Google Scholar 

  • Roberts, L., & Ajai-Ajagbe, P. (2013). Higher education and the millennium development goals: Where are we coming from, and where are we going? London: The Association of Commonwealth Universities.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rosa, M. J., Stensaker, B., & Westerheijden, D. F. (Eds.). (2007). Quality assurance in higher education: Trends in regulation. Dordrecht: Springer.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schugurensky, D. (2013). Higher education in the era of globalisation: Towards a heteronomous model. In R. F. Anorve, C. A. Torres, & S. Franz (Eds.), Comparative education: The dialectic of the global and the local (pp. 293–314). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schwab, K. (2014). The global competitiveness report 2014–2015: Full data edition. Geneva: World Economic Forum.

    Google Scholar 

  • Shizha, E. (2015). Globalising education for globalised labour markets: Brain drain or brain gain for Africa? In E. Shizha & L. Diallo (Eds.), Africa in the age of globalisation: Perceptions, misperceptions and realities (pp. 235–252). London: Ashgate.

    Google Scholar 

  • Shizha, E., & Kariwo, M. T. (2011). Education and development in Zimbabwe: A social, political and economic analysis. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Teferra, D. (2013). Funding higher education in Africa: State, trends and perspectives. Journal of Higher Education in Africa, 11(1&2), 19–51.

    Google Scholar 

  • Teferra, D. (2015). Establishing endowments for African universities–strategies for implementation. International Higher Education, 38, 22–23.

    Google Scholar 

  • Teferra, D., & Altbach, P. G. (2003). Trends and perspectives in African higher education. In D. Teferra & P. G. Altbach (Eds.), African higher education: An international reference handbook (pp. 3–14). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • The Africa-America Institute. (2015). The state of education in Africa 2015: A report card on the progress, opportunities and challenges confronting the African education sector. New York, NY: AAI.

    Google Scholar 

  • United Nations. (2016). Sustainable development goals report 2016. New York, NY: United Nations.

    Google Scholar 

  • van der Merwe, A. (2010). Does human capital theory explain the value of higher education? A South African case study. American Journal of Business Education, 3(1), 107–118.

    Google Scholar 

  • van Schalkwyk, F., Willmers, M., & Czerniewicz, L. (2014). Case study: Open data in the governance of South African higher education. Open UCT, South Africa.

    Google Scholar 

  • Varghese, N. V. (2006). Growth and expansion of private higher education in Africa. Paris: IIEP/UNESCO.

    Google Scholar 

  • Varghese, N. V. (2012). Higher education reforms and revitalisation of the sector. Higher Education Forum, 9, 45–59.

    Google Scholar 

  • Varghese, N. V. (2013). Governance reforms in higher education: A study of selected countries in Africa. Paris: UNESCO, International Institute for Educational Planning.

    Google Scholar 

  • Weinberg, A. M., & Graham-Smith, G. (2012). Collegiality: Can it survive the corporate university? Social Dynamics: A Journal of African Studies, 38(1), 68–86.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • World Bank. (2010). Financing higher education in Africa. Washington, DC: World Bank.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • World Bank. (2016). Youth employment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Africa development forum. Washington, DC: World Bank.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Society, Culture and Environment, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

    Edward Shizha

Authors
  1. Edward Shizha
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford, Canada

    Edward Shizha

  2. University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe, South Africa

    Ngoni Makuvaza

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2017 Sense Publishers

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Shizha, E. (2017). Neoliberal Managerialism of Higher Education and Human Capital Development in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st Century. In: Shizha, E., Makuvaza, N. (eds) Re-thinking Postcolonial Education in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st Century. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-962-1_14

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-962-1_14

  • Publisher Name: SensePublishers, Rotterdam

  • Online ISBN: 978-94-6300-962-1

  • eBook Packages: EducationEducation (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation