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Building a People's University in South Africa

Race, Compensatory Education, and the Limits of Democratic Reform

by Gregory M. Anderson (Author)
©2002 Textbook XVI, 246 Pages

Summary

Building a People’s University in South Africa chronicles the transformation of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) from a so-called bush college, originally designated under apartheid for the education of Coloured (mixed-race) students, to South Africa’s first non-racial, open admissions tertiary institution. Viewing UWC as a microcosm of the national-liberation struggle, this book focuses on the limits of democratic reform in South Africa by examining the political, racial, and ideological dynamics and tensions accompanying the demand for access to tertiary education during the 1980s and early 1990s. A pivotal pedagogical analysis of the effects of segregation on the language and identity development of black students is also included. The transformation of UWC is relevant to readers outside of South Africa as well as the text highlights the parallel themes underscoring post-secondary reforms in the United States.

Details

Pages
XVI, 246
Publication Year
2002
ISBN (Softcover)
9780820449548
Language
English
Keywords
transformation dynamics language identity
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., Oxford, Wien, 2002. XVI, 246 pp.

Biographical notes

Gregory M. Anderson (Author)

The Author: Gregory M. Anderson is Assistant Professor of Education at Columbia University, Teachers College, in the Program of Higher Education and the Department of Organization and Leadership. Dr. Anderson earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York.

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