The Council on Higher Education (CHE) was of the view that the tenth anniversary of South Africa’s democratic dispensation created a unique and timely opportunity for reflection on a decade of policy…

Presented by Dr Felicity Coughlan at the Quality Assurance Forum for private providers on 1 September 2011 at the School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg  

Introduction   The political transition in South Africa in 1994 brought a number of direction-setting changes to the policy landscape and implementation systems of all areas of social provision,…

Foreword   The Council on Higher Education (CHE) is an independent statutory body established by the Higher Education Act of 1997. The CHE is required annually to submit to parliament, through the…

Foreword   The CHE is an independent statutory body established by the Higher Education Act of 1997. Its mandate areas are:     Advising the Minister of Education on request or pro-actively on…

Introduction   The Council on Higher Education Governance Task Team had three objectives:     To describe and analyse the present state of governance in public higher education institutions in…

Introduction   This Report to the Minister of Education represents the considered proposals of the Size and Shape Task Team of the Council on Higher Education (CHE) on a new and more effective size…

Foreword   Higher education worldwide has been subjected to fundamental changes during the past decade and a half. The advent of the knowledge and information and communication technology…