tailieunhanh - The Business of Higher Education-A Study of Public-Private Partnerships in the Provision of Higher Education in South Africa

This monograph, based on an empirical study of the public-private partnerships that existed between 2002 and early 2003, offers the first compelling account of a hitherto under-researched phenomenon in higher education provision in South Africa. | Free download from THEIBUSINESSIOFIHIGHER EDUCATION A study of public-private partnerships in the provision of Higher Education in South Africa Mahlubi Mabizela HSRC RESEARCH MONOGRAPH RESEARCH PROGRAMME ON HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT Free download from Compiled by the Research Programme on Human Resources Development Human Sciences Research Council Published by HSRC Press Private Bag X9182 Cape Town 8000 South Africa 2005 Human Sciences Research Council First published 2005 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic mechanical or other means including photocopying and recording or in any information storage or retrieval system without permission in writing from the publishers. ISBN 0-79Ố9-2092-3 Cover by Farm Design Copy edit by David Merrington Typeset by Robin Taylor Distributed in Africa by Blue Weaver Marketing and Distribution PO Box 30370 Tokai Cape Town 79ỐỐ South Africa Tel 27 21 701-4477 Fax 27 21 701-7302 email orders@ Distributed worldwide except Africa by Independent Publishers Group 814 North Franklin Street Chicago IL 60610 USA To order call toll-free 1-800-888-4741 All other enquiries Tel 1 312-337-0747 Fax 1 312-337-5985 email Frontdesk@ Contents Free download from List of tables and figures V Acknowledgements vi Executive summary vii Acronyms xiii 1 Introduction I The growth of public-private partnerships 1 The research problem 5 Research methodology 5 Overview of chapters 6 2 A Typology of PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN South Africa 8 Introduction 8 Typologies in a changing higher education landscape 8 A new typology of public-private partnerships 10 Applying the typology of partnerships 15 3 TeCHNIKON SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS 16 Introduction 16 The technikons 16 Student enrolments 1999-2002 16 Face-to-face technikons venturing into distance education 18 .