The Perceived Benefits of International Partnerships in Africa: A Case Study of Two Public Universities in Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo

Autor/in	Kot, Felly Chiteng
Titel	The Perceived Benefits of International Partnerships in Africa: A Case Study of Two Public Universities in Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Quelle	In: Higher Education Policy, 29 (2016) 1, S.41-62 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-8733
DOI	10.1057/hep.2015.2
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Partnerships in Education; International Educational Exchange; International Programs; Case Studies; Administrator Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Graduate Students; Public Colleges; Capacity Building; Educational Improvement; Global Approach; Educational Benefits; Congo Republic; Tanzania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Internationaler Austausch; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Globales Denken; Bildungsertrag; Tansania
Abstract	In recent years, international partnerships have been viewed increasingly as having the potential to help African academic institutions develop the human capacity needed to contribute to African development. Although the rationales for establishing partnerships are often clear, a question that has been largely unaddressed in empirical research is: What benefits do African institutions and stakeholders derive from partnerships? The present study attempts to examine this question by analysing the perceptions of a random sample of 468 university administrators, academic staff, and postgraduate students at two large public universities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Results show that international partnerships resulted in three institutional benefits (institutional capacity, academic effectiveness, and internationalisation) and four personal benefits (academic, cultural, economic, and strategic). The study found both similarities and differences in the extent to which institutions benefitted from partnerships. Moreover, the characteristics of partnership activities were related, in some cases, to the "personal" benefits that African stakeholders derived from participating in these activities. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01