News & Announcements

Communiqué 3 of 2023: Correcting inaccurate information about the Council on Higher Education aired on the Black Pen podcast
Communiqué 3 of 2023: Correcting inaccurate information about the Council on Higher Education aired on the Black Pen podcast - Click here to access…
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CHE Statement: Clarification of the accreditation status of “Immanuel University/Institute of Theology”
CHE Statement: Clarification of the accreditation status of “Immanuel University/Institute of Theology” - Click here to access and download: CHE…
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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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Publications

National review of professional and academic programmes in education offered by Higher Education Institutions in South Africa: Briefing document on the national review

The Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) of the Council on Higher Education (CHE) has the mandate in terms of the Higher Education Act (Act No. 101 of 1997) to: Promote quality in higher…
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Service-Learning in the Curriculum: A Resource for Higher Education Institutions

ForewordPublication of this book represents an historic turn for higher education in South Africa, and for service-learning worldwide. For South Africa this is the first publication addressed to…
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A Good Practice Guide and Self-evaluation Instruments for Managing the Quality of Service-Learning

IntroductionIn most countries the last five decades have witnessed fundamental changes in the relationships between HEIs, society and government. This has forced HEIs to redefine themselves in…
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Task Team on Government Involvement in Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom (HEIAAF): Draft reports

Draft reports of the regional foraRegional Forum on Government Involvement in, and Regulation of, Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom (HEIAAF): 2 June 2006, Nelson Mandela…
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Annual Report of the Council on Higher Education 2005/2006

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…
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External (and Internal) Tensions? Conceptualising Public Accountability in South African Higher Education

IntroductionAn enquiry into the public accountability of higher education institutions in South Africa (or, indeed, in any society), requires us to pose several related questions. First, are South…
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Academic Freedom, Institutional Autonomy and the Corporatised University in Contemporary South Africa

IntroductionThere can be no better time for the Council on Higher Education (CHE) to investigate whether institutional autonomy and academic freedom are under threat in South Africa. Xolela Mangcu’s…
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Case studies on dealing with "pipeline students" within their respective institutions

IntroductionIn 2005, the HEQC requested a number of people from different merger contexts to produce case studies on dealing with so-called "pipeline students" within their respective institutions.…
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