A Critical Look at the Policy Environment for Opening up Public Higher Education in Rwanda

Autor/in	Nkuyubwatsi, Bernard
Titel	A Critical Look at the Policy Environment for Opening up Public Higher Education in Rwanda
Quelle	In: Journal of Learning for Development, 3 (2016) 2, S.47-61 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2311-1550
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Access to Education; Educational Opportunities; Higher Education; Open Education; Distance Education; Public Education; Stakeholders; Interviews; Content Analysis; Research Methodology; Federal Regulation; Faculty Promotion; Writing for Publication; Shared Resources and Services; Access to Information; Rwanda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Offene Erziehung; Offener Unterricht; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Öffentliche Erziehung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Inhaltsanalyse; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Bundeskompetenz; Gemeinwirtschaft; Ruanda
Abstract	Policies play a critical role in the implementation of open, distance education and opening up higher education. To encourage participation of different stakeholders in related practices, policies may need to embody values and benefits for those stakeholders. It is in this perspective that this study was conducted to investigate the policy environment for opening up public higher education in Rwanda. An interview was conducted with a leader/policy maker at the University of Rwanda and three policy documents were analyzed. Results indicated that existing policies were unlikely to inform practices that contribute to opening up higher education. Related policy documents were decontextualized in some aspects. Different ways in which these policies may be contextualized to inform opening up higher education were recommended. The findings and recommendations are particularly important to policy makers and institutional leaders who are interested in opening up higher education in Rwanda and other settings. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01