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ANNUAL REPORT 1998-1999
December 1999
6. PUBLICATIONS
During the year, the following documents were published:
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AAU Newsletter (Special Issue on Science and Technology)
no. 2
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AAU Membership List;
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AAU Information Brochure;
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Evaluation of the Status of Teaching and Use of African
Languages in Higher Education (French and English);
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Report on the Workshop on Funder-Recipient Relationships;
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Report on the Science and Technology Project;
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Three issues of the Research Paper:
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Statistical Data : The Underestimated Tool for Higher
Education Management: The Case of Makerere University;
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The Social Background of Makerere University Students
and the Potential for Cost Sharing;
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Revitalising Financing of Higher Education in Kenya
Resource Utilisation in Public Universities.
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One issue of Occasional Paper:
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Women in Higher Education and Research in Africa
- Booklet "Join the AAU" (English and French).
In Addition, the AAU published in collaboration with
the IAU the Guide to Higher Education in Africa which replaces the AAU
Handbook. It contains entries for 46 African countries and 593 institutions
of higher education, and each country's national bodies concerned with
higher education.
The descriptions of education systems are based on
entries in the current version of UNESCO's World Academic Database CD-Rom.
However, most of the entries have been updated specially for the Guide.
Each profile includes the following:
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description of primary and secondary education;
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description of higher education systems (vocational/technical
studies and the different stages of university level studies);
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teacher education;
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non-formal higher education;
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grading system;
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admissions to higher education (including requirements
for foreign students);
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recognition of studies and qualifications student services,
expenses and financial aid, and
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international cooperation.
The second book published is "The Political Economy
of Development: an African Perspective". The two-volume book is the product
of a collaboration between the AAU and the United Nations Economic Commission
for Africa (ECA), and edited by Dr. Sadiq Rasheed and Professor Siyanbola
Tomori. It is primarily written for undergraduate students of economics
and development studies in African universities who are versed in the general
principles of economics. The text brings together twenty-three essays written
by African specialists with long and varied experience as academics, researchers,
practitioners and policy makers. It provides a blend of theory, evidence,
and policy focus on development issues from an African perspective. The
multi-disciplinary approach adopted in the book should provide great flexibility
in its usage as either a primary or supplementary text.
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