Higher education is considered a right in many countries. For many developing countries the challenge is to provide more access but using limited resources. This book examines the state of higher education in Zimbabwe since independence. The author analyses the factors that have influenced the development university education in the country and makes some suggestions on the way forward.This study was undertaken to determine the impact of resource allocation on the performance of faculty at public universities in Zimbabwe. These institutions are facing reduced public funding of...

This is a well crafted, timely book that comes at a time when so much is happening in higher education contexts across the world. Clearly, it is in response to these global (and selectively local) trends that Kariwo, Gounko and Nungu bring together an impressive lineup of both established and emerging scholars who achieve a comprehensive and critically constructed perspective on tertiary education systems. Collectively, the chapters in this work shall expand the epistemic boundaries of the area and its affiliated disciplines, and the book as a whole will greatly benefit interested scholars,...

This is a well crafted, timely book that comes at a time when so much is happening in higher education contexts across the world. Clearly, it is in response to these global (and selectively local) trends that Kariwo, Gounko and Nungu bring together an impressive lineup of both established and emerging scholars who achieve a comprehensive and critically constructed perspective on tertiary education systems. Collectively, the chapters in this work shall expand the epistemic boundaries of the area and its affiliated disciplines, and the book as a whole will greatly benefit interested scholars,...