Why South Africa's universities are failing
SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2009
TITLE AUTHOR(S): A.Hadland
KEYWORDS: GRADUATES, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, SKILLS SHORTAGE, UNIVERSITIES
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 6059
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/4612
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4612
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2009
TITLE AUTHOR(S): A.Hadland
KEYWORDS: GRADUATES, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, SKILLS SHORTAGE, UNIVERSITIES
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 6059
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/4612
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4612
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Abstract
Our universities are failing to produce graduates with the range of skills necessary to underpin South Africa's development, said two of the country's top educationists, UCT vice-chancellor Max Price and Development Bank of South Africa policy analyst Graeme Bloch. Adrian Hadland reports.-
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