Damtew Teferra is professor of higher education and leader of the Higher Education Training and Development (HETD) at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, in Durban, South Africa. He also directs the International Network for Higher Education in Africa (INHEA), a joint venture of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College and the HETD at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
'Free' higher education: unrealistic expectations, unsustainable solutions
Sep 28, 2016 15:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Free higher education is a myth. There is no such thing anywhere in the world, even in wealthy states like Germany, Finland, Norway and Sweden, which insist that their tertiary education systems are free. In fact, higher...
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