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Access and Equity

ADEA. (1999). Country case study on access to education and training in Mauritius. ADEA Stocktaking Review in Mauritius. Tertiary Education Commission.

Adeyemi, K. (2001). Equality of access and catchment area factor in university admissions in Nigeria. Higher Education, 42(3), 307–332.

Ajayi, Taiwo, and R. A. Alani. (1996). "Cost Recovery in Nigerian University Education: Issues of Quality, Access and Equity." Research report. Accra, Ghana: Association of African Universities.

Akpan, P. A. (1987). The spatial aspects of higher education in Nigeria. Higher Education, 16(5), 545–555.

Akpan, P. A. (1989). Inequality of access to higher education in Nigeria. Higher Education Review, 22, 21–33.

Alele-Williams, G. (1992). Major constraints to women's access to higher education in Africa. In UNESCO/BREDA (Ed.), Higher education in Africa: Trends and challenges for the 21st century. Dakar, Senegal: UNESCO.

Amoussou-Yeye, D. (1999). Pressions environmentales et equité docimologique dans les universités africaines: les mechanisms de controle en question. Research report. Accra, Ghana: Association of African Universities.

Anderson, G. M. (2002). Building a people's university in South Africa: race, compensatory education, and the limits of democratic reform. New York, NY: Verleger.

Assie-Lumumba, N'Dri Thérèse. (1995). Demand, Access and Equity Issues in African Universities: Past Trends and New Prospects for the 21st Century. Background paper for the Joint AAU/DAE Colloquium on the University in Africa in the 1990s and Beyond, Lesotho. Accra, Ghana: Association of African Universities.

Azelama, J. (1994). University admission by federal charter: Implication for Nigerian political development. Studies in Education.

Berghe, P. L. van den. (1973). Power and Privilege at an African University. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Biraimah, K. (1987). Class, gender, and life chances: A Nigerian university case study. Comparative Education Review, 31(4), 570–582.

Blunt, R. J. S. (1998). Negotiating a policy for affirmative action. South African Journal of Higher Education, 12(2), 24–33.

Braimoh, Dele. (2003). "Transforming Tertiary Institutions for Mass Higher Education through Distance and Open Learning Approaches in Africa: A Telescopic View." South African Journal of Higher Education, 17 (3), pp. 13-25.

Buchert, L. (1992). Basic and higher education in Tanzania 1919–1990: quantitative expansion for the many or qualitative improvement for the few? Eastern Africa social science research review, 8(1), 62–79.

Bunting, I. A. (1994). Legacy of inequality: Higher education in South Africa. Rondebosch: University of Cape Town Press.

Ekong, E. E. (2001). "Management Styles and Equitable Access: The 'Us' and 'Them' Malaise in Nigerian Universities." Research report. Accra, Ghana: Association of African Universities.

Ezeani, E. (1996). "Women and Access to University Education in Nigeria: Trends, Barriers and Enhancement Strategies." In Y. Oruwari (ed.), Women, Development and the Nigerian Environment. Ibadan: Vantage Press.

Federici, S. et al. (Eds.). (2000). A Thousand Flowers: Social Struggles Against Structural Adjustment in African Universities. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press.

Fehnel, R. (2003). Massification and Future Trends in African Higher Education. In Damtew Teferra & Philip. G. Altbach, (Eds.), African Higher Education: An International Reference Handbook (pp. 73-81). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.

Fry, P. & Utui, R. (July 1999). Promoting access, quality, and capacity building in African higher education: The strategic planning experience at the Eduardo Mondlane University. Washington, D.C.: ADEA Working Group on Higher Education, The World Bank.

Herbstein, F. H. (1993). Towards the "New South Africa": Equal opportunity policies at the University of Cape Town. Higher Education, 26(2), 183–198.

Herman, H. (1995). School-leaving examinations, selection and equity in higher education in South Africa. Comparative Education, 31, 261–174.

Hughes, R. & Mwiria, K. (1990). An essay on the implications of university expansion in Kenya. Higher Education, 19(2), 215–237.

Johnstone, D. Bruce. (2003). "Higher Education Finance and Accessibility: Tuition Fees and Student Loans in Sub-Saharan Africa." Journal of Higher Education in Africa, 2 (2).

Jones, M. T. (1981). Allocation of students in north African universities. Higher Education, 10(3), 315–334.

Jordaan, J. J. (1995). Affirmative action: excellence versus equity. South African Journal of Higher Education, 9(1), 53–64.

Kajubi, S. W. (1997). From elitist towards mass higher education: The phenomenon of private universities in Uganda. Uganda Education Journal, 2(1), 23-30.

Kosemani, J. M. (1995). Democratic values and university admissions in Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Professsional Studies in Education, 3, 78–83.

Kwesiga, Joyce C. (2002). Women's Access to Higher Education in Africa: Uganda's Experience. Kampala, Uganda: Fountain Publishers.

Letuka, L. J., M. Maharasoa, A. H. Strydom, and M. Fourie. (2001). "Quality Assurance and Management and Equitable Access: Hard Choices in Phases." Research report. Accra, Ghana: Association of African Universities.

Makhubu, Lydia P. (1998). "The Right to Higher Education and Equal Opportunity Particularly for Women: The Challenge of Our Time." In Juma Shabani (ed.), Higher Education in Africa: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects. Dakar: UNESCO Regional Office for Africa (BREDA).

Mlama, P. M. (1998). Increasing access and equity in higher education: Gender issues, Higher education in Africa: Achievements, challenges and prospects. Dakar: UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Africa.

Mmari, Geoffrey. (1998). "Increasing Access to Higher Education: The Experience of the Open University of Tanzania." In Juma Shabani (ed.), Higher Education in Africa: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects. Dakar: UNESCO Regional Office for Africa (BREDA).

Moock, P. R. (1987). Education policies for Sub-Saharan Africa: Adjustment, revitalization, and expansion. Washington, D. C.: The World Bank.

Obondoh, Andiwo T., Tom Adala, and Martina Amoth. (2004). "University Management for Quality and Equitable Access: Case Study of Kenyan Public Universities." Research report. Accra, Ghana: Association of African Universities.

Orodho, J. A. (1995). Cost recovery and its impact on quality, access and equity: The case of Kenyan public universities. Higher Education Policy, 8(1), 40–43.

Pillay, Pundy. (1995). "Equity, Access and Excellence in South African Higher Education." In Lene Buchert and Kenneth King (Eds.), Learning From Experience: Policy and Practice in Aid to Higher Education. CESO No. 24. The Hague: Centre for the Study of Education in Developing Countries-CESO.

Rathgeber, Eva M. (1991). "Women in Higher Education in Africa: Access and Choices." In Gail P. Kelly and Sheila Slaughter (Eds.), Women's Higher Education in Comparative Perspective. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Saunders, S. J. (1992). Access to and quality in higher education: A comparative study. Cape Town: University of Cape Town.

Schultz, T. Paul. (2004). "Monitoring Returns and Alleviating Inequities in Higher Education in Africa." Journal of Higher Education in Africa, 2 (1).

Skuy, M., et.al. (1996). Selection of advantaged and disadvantaged South African students for university admission. South African Journal of Higher Education, 10(1), 110–118.

Starfield, S. (1996). The challenge of diversity: staff, student and curriculum development. South African Journal of Higher Education, 10(1), 155–163.

Sutherland-Addy, Esi. (1992). "Access, Selection and Equity in African Higher Education." Paper presented at the Senior Policy Seminar on Enhancing Effectiveness and Efficiency in African Higher Education. World Bank, Economic Development Institute, March 1992, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Zaaiman, H., Van Der Flier, H., & Thijs, G. D. (1998). Selecting South African higher education students: critical issues and proposed solutions. South African Journal of Higher Education, 12(3), 96–101.

Zietsman, A. & Gering, M. (1986). Admission to university in an academically non-homogeneous society. Higher Education, 15(1/2), 25–35.

Dissertations

Anderson, G. M. (1999). Building a people's university in South Africa: race, compensatory education and the structural limits of democratic reform at the University of the Western Cape. Ph.D. dissertation, City University of New York.

Dowuona, G. M. (1991). Family background and education in Ghana: A look at a selected group of male and female university entrants. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Maryland-College Park.

Elsiddig, M. O. (1990). Expanding higher education and the Open University: The case of Sudan as an example for developing countries. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Bath (United Kingdom).

Enwemnwa, M. O. N. (1993). Women's access to higher education in Nigeria: the case of (former) Bendel State. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Ibegbu, C. U. (1989). Regional disparities and social inequalities in Nigerian universities: A study of educational expansion and selection. Ph.D. dissertation, State University of New York at Buffalo.

King, K. L. (1998). From exclusion to inclusion: A case study of black South Africans at the University of Witwatersrand. Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University.

Mailafiya, M. G. (1986). Nigeria and the open university system. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Glasgow (United Kingdom).

Mashinini, M. T. (2000). The role of non-governmental organizations in helping African students gain access to tertiary education in South Africa. Ph.D. dissertation, Michigan State University.

Nnane, P. E. (1988). Equity in access to and costs of higher education in Cameroon: the case of the University of Yaounde. Ed.D. dissertation, State University of New York at Albany.

Okiror, George Godfrey. (2001). A Case of Perceptions of Factors Influencing Access to Higher Education in Uganda. Ph.D. dissertation. Ohio University.

Sutherland, Carla. (2003). Equity, Efficiency and Sustainability in Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Makerere University, Uganda. Ph.D. dissertation. London: London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London.

Teferra, D., & Altbach, P. G. (2004). African higher education: Challenges for the 21st century. Higher Education, 47 (1), 21-50.

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