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Courts and universities should distinguish between students who won’t pay and those who can’t – and help them to pay.
In her new position, Nobuhle Nkabane inherits a portfolio rife with challenges.
The system has allowed many students who would otherwise not access higher education to do so, but it is fraught with problems.
South Africa students are protesting and have brought university campuses to a stand still. This could have been avoided.
Food insecurity among students can impair academic performance or even lead to some dropping out.
Formal, accessible academic advice systems can help university graduation rates.
Social class plays a huge role in people’s experiences of accessing and succeeding in higher education.
The ministerial task team’s report presents a jaundiced view of an important organisation that’s opened the doors of higher education to many who would otherwise have been closed out.
South Africa’s 2016 medium term budget was awaited with bated breath amid rising political tensions, increasingly violent student protests and the threat of a credit downgrade.
There has been a great deal of research, planning and talking to come up with solutions to South Africa’s higher education funding crisis. Some of these plans must now be put into action.
Many young academics and those who might be considering an academic career will be horrified by what’s unfolding at South Africa’s institution. Will bright minds be lost?
A “buy now, pay later” model is well suited to financing higher education. Commercial bank loans are not viable. Government-backed loans with income-contingent repayment are the fair solution.
South Africa’s universities have been told to set their own fee increases for 2017. That’s good news for institutions, but it hasn’t been well-received by many students.
The huge problem of youth unemployment in South Africa appears to be getting worse. New research will hopefully amplify their voices and inform more realistic interventions to combat the monster.
Student funding processes must be opened up to public scrutiny and participation if they’re to succeed.
Financial access dominated discussions at the 2015 South Africa’s higher education summit. It was a chance for leaders to act – but they didn’t.
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Professor, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Higher Education, Rhodes University, South Africa, Rhodes University
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Associate Professor: Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor, UCT School of Economics; South African Reserve Bank Research Chair in Financial Stability Studies, University of Cape Town
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Senior lecturer, sociology, University of Johannesburg
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Director of the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation and Associate Professor of Education, University of Johannesburg
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Assistant Professor in International Education and Development (Education), School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex
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Researcher, Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento (CEBRAP); University of Johannesburg
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Researcher, Social Sciences, University of Fort Hare
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Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Cape Town
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Department Head and Professor, Department of Engineering Education, Virginia Tech
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PhD Candidate, Rhodes University
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Lecturer (Genetics), University of Pretoria
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Associate professor in the School of Law at University of the Witwatersrand, who specialises in the areas of contracts, legal ethics and education. , University of the Witwatersrand