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The politics of access [electronic resource] : university education and nation-building in Nigeria, 1948-2000 / Ogechi Emmanuel Anyanwu.
Series: Africa, missing voices series ; 9. | Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.Publication details: Calgary [Alta.] : University of Calgary Press, c2011 2012)Description: 1 electronic text (xvi, 298 p.) : digital fileISBN:- 9781552385197 (electronic bk.)
- LA1633 .A59 2011
- Also available in print version.
Contents:
Summary: Illuminating the history of massification of university education in Nigeria, this title contributes to our understanding of the challenges of nation building in multi-ethnic and religious societies in Africa.
The Politics of Colonial Education -- Towards Educational Reform: The Cold War, Decolonization, and the Carnegie Corporation, 1952-60 -- The Ashby Commission, Regionalism, and University Education in the 1960s -- Centralization of Universities and National Integration, 1970-79: The Legacy of the Nigerian Civil War -- The Second Republic and the Burden of Expansion, 1979---83: Free Education, Science and Technology, and Quota System -- Rationalization Policy: The IMF/World Bank and Structural Adjustment Program, 1984-90 -- Crisis of Nationhood: Funding Issues, Socio-Political Instability, and Private University Education, 1990-2000.
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Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Politics of Colonial Education -- Towards Educational Reform: The Cold War, Decolonization, and the Carnegie Corporation, 1952-60 -- The Ashby Commission, Regionalism, and University Education in the 1960s -- Centralization of Universities and National Integration, 1970-79: The Legacy of the Nigerian Civil War -- The Second Republic and the Burden of Expansion, 1979---83: Free Education, Science and Technology, and Quota System -- Rationalization Policy: The IMF/World Bank and Structural Adjustment Program, 1984-90 -- Crisis of Nationhood: Funding Issues, Socio-Political Instability, and Private University Education, 1990-2000.
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Illuminating the history of massification of university education in Nigeria, this title contributes to our understanding of the challenges of nation building in multi-ethnic and religious societies in Africa.
Also available in print version.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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