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Chapter 7 - Admissions Policies and Practices and the Reshaping of Access Patterns to Higher Education in Africa

from Part II - Country-Specific Admissions Practices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2020

By
Ibrahim Oanda
Edited by
María Elena Oliveri  and
Cathy Wendler
María Elena Oliveri
Affiliation:
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey
Cathy Wendler
Affiliation:
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey
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Summary

Higher education participation rates in Africa remain the lowest in the world, averaging around 7 percent of the eligible cohort. But the continent is also experiencing an increase in the number of youth, an increase in the demand for access to higher education, and a crisis of graduate unemployment. These issues have, in turn, resulted in a complex mix of policies that regulate admission and standards. This chapter discusses these issues and highlights the key prevailing trends in admissions and implications on access and equity in higher education admissions in Africa.

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African higher educationhigher education standardshigher education accessAfrica
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Higher Education Admissions Practices
An International Perspective
 , pp. 123 - 144
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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