A different kind of silence is settling over contemporary universities. It is not the contemplative quiet of libraries, nor the productive hush of laboratories. It is the silence of a […]
A Prologue A particular kind of silence descends upon a lecture hall after the last student has left. It is not empty—it hums with the residue of attention, the ghost […]
This article first appeared on University World News We have built the theoretical half of a bridge. It is elegant in places, diligently maintained in others, and inspected with great […]
This article first appeared on University World News We used to imagine isolation through geography: a university at the end of a long road, a library without the book you […]
This article first appeared on University World News There is a comforting fable about research in Africa. It begins with a noble problem and ends with a grant. On the […]
There is a powerful sense of déjà vu that haunts the halls of higher education. We are, by any measure, in a state of perpetual, frantic activity. Our calendars are […]
This article first appeared on University World News Massification has a triumphant sound. It suggests inclusion, a democratic widening of gates that were, for too long, kept narrow. Photographs cooperate: […]
This article first appeared on University World News There is a ritual familiarity to curriculum reform in many African universities. A committee meets. It requests a review. It calls for […]
This article first appeared on University World News In my role as a senior information analyst within an institutional planning department at a university, I occupy a curious position. I […]
This article first appeared on University World News There is a polite way to describe Africa’s academic brain drain. It speaks of mobility, opportunity and the global marketplace of ideas. […]
