News & Announcements

Communiqué 2 of 2023 - Offering of microcredentials by higher education institutions
Rapid developments on microcredentials as viable, flexible, responsive learning opportunities are taking place globally. In reimagining their higher…
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Call for Nomination of Co-opted Members of the Board of the Council on Higher Education (CHE)
The Council on Higher Education (CHE) is an independent statutory body established by the Higher Education Act, No. 101 of 1997, as amended. It is…
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CHE 2021/2022 Annual Report Newsletter
Click on the following link to access and download CHE's 2021/2022 Annual Report Newsletter: CHE 202122 Annual Report Newsletter (2).pdf
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Appointment of a new Council for the CHE
It gives the Council on Higher Education (CHE) great pleasure to announce that the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr BE…
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Publications

A proposal for undergraduate curriculum reform in South Africa: The case for a flexible curriculum structure

PrefaceIn moments of great historic transitions the world over, extremes of action are normal. Corrective in their intent, they are part of the logic of change. The ascendant power requires “its own…
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Institutional Cultures and Higher Education Leadership: Where are the Women?

Opening sessionWelcome: Dr Lesley ShackletonDr Shackleton officially opened the conference by welcoming delegates and reading conference greetings from Dr Judith White, President of HERS America and…
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Task Team on Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom (HEIAAF): Academic Freedom, Institutional Autonomy and Public Accountability in South African Higher Education

Executive SummaryThis is the report of the independent Task Team on Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom (HEIAAF), established by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) in mid…
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Service-Learning in the Disciplines: Lessons from the Field

ForewordEducation White Paper 3 on the transformation of higher education (Department of Education, 1997: 23) calls for “feasibility studies and pilot programmes which explore the potential of…
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Postgraduate Studies in South Africa: A Statistical Profile

IntroductionThe production of university graduates – and especially postgraduate students – is an essential component of the national system of innovation of modern industrialized societies. Such…
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Task Team on Government Involvement in Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom (HEIAAF)

The CHE has established a Task Team to investigate the involvement of government and other agencies in South African Higher Education in the context of the principles of Institutional Autonomy,…
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Task Team on Government Involvement in Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom (HEIAAF): Speeches

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Task team investigation and research on South African Government involvement in and regulation of Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom

The purpose of the investigationThe purpose of the Council on Higher Education (CHE) investigation and research is toStimulate through scholarly debate and discussion, research and writings, and…
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