A review of academic freedom in Africa through the Prism of the UNESCO's 1997 Recommendation

dc.contributor.authorAppiagyei-Atua, K.
dc.contributor.authorBeiter, K.
dc.contributor.authorKarran, T.
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-20T13:13:32Z
dc.date.available2019-03-20T13:13:32Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractAn assessment of the level of compliance of the UNESCO Recommendation in Europe, Australia, USA and other jurisdictions indicates that the document has been honoured more in its breach than in its observance. Having returned to an ethos of a democratic culture and a refinement of the role of the university in the globalization era, it is time for Africa also to be assessed on the level of compliance with the UNESCO Recommendation. This assessment is done based on four indicators identified in the UNESCO Recommendation: institutional autonomy, institutional governance, individual rights and freedoms, and tenure. The conclusion reached is that academic freedom has indeed found its way back into African universities after its complete roll-back during the post-independence era. However, the university reforms undertaken in the globalization era in many African universities have undermined greater respect for academic freedom and made hollow the gains made in the respect of freedom in this eraen_US
dc.identifier.citationAppiagyei-Atua, K. et al. 2016. A review of academic freedom in Africa through the Prism of the UNESCO's 1997 Recommendation. Journal of Higher Education in Africa = Revue De L'enseignement Superieur En Afrique, 14(1):85-117. [http://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article2819&lang=en]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0851-7762
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/28739
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCODESRIAen_US
dc.subjectacademic freedomen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectUNESCOen_US
dc.titleA review of academic freedom in Africa through the Prism of the UNESCO's 1997 Recommendationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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