Description
Jansen argues that the problem won't be solved through investments in 'capacity building' alone because the combination of institutional capacity and institutional integrity contributes to serial instability in universities. Jansen makes an important intervention to understanding the root causes and offers interventions to produce stabilities such as the depoliticisation of university councils and appointing academics of integrity and capacity in the management and leadership of these fragile institutions. This groundbreaking and long overdue study will offer a promising way forward for universities to better serve their communities and the country more broadly.
This book offers new explanations for the state of chronic dysfunction at some South African universities and offers solutions to bringing an elusive stability to higher education.
About the Author
Jonathan D Jansen is a former Vice-Chancellor of several universities, academic and researcher and is currently distinguished professor in the Faculty of Education at the Stellenbosch University.
Book Information
ISBN 9781776147946
Author Jonathan D Jansen
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Wits University Press
Publisher Wits University Press