Publications

The Council on Higher Education (CHE) and The National Research Foundation (NRF) have since 2017 been engaged in an undertaking to review the quality of doctoral provisioning in South Africa. The…
ForewordThe Quality Enhancement Project (QEP) is a five-year project of the CHE, focused on the improvement of teaching and learning in both public and private higher education institutions carried…
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…
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…
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…
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…
IntroductionThe production of university graduates – and especially postgraduate students – is an essential component of the national system of innovation of modern industrialized societies. Such…
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,…