TY - BOOK AU - Langa,Patrício Vitorino ED - Project Muse, ED - Project Muse. TI - Higher Education in Portuguese Speaking African Countries: Higher Education in Portuguese Speaking African Countries SN - 9781920677527 AV - LA1983 .L365 2013 U1 - 370.967 23 PB - Project Muse KW - Education, Higher KW - Africa, Portuguese-speaking KW - Electronic books KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE; Includes bibliographical references; Preface -- Executive summary and structure -- Introduction and background -- Angola -- Cape Verde -- Guinea-Bissau -- Mozambique -- São Tome and Príncipe -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Building a higher education research network and advocacy for PALOP: HERANA-PALOP -- Appendix 2. Interviews -- About the author; Open Access N2 - This publication is the result of a baseline study of the state of the higher education systems in the five Portuguese speaking countries in Africa (PALOP): Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and Sao Tome and Principe. The project was undertaken by an African international expert in the field of higher education studies and was fully sponsored and supported by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA). The report offers a historical overview of the development of higher education in PALOP from colonial times to the present. The main objective of this baseline study is to map the landscape and dynamics of change in the higher education systems of PALOP countries. It focuses on describing the latest developments of trends of expansion, financing, governance and policy reforms closely linked to the development of higher education systems in these countries. Furthermore, the study will facilitate an informed debate and the dissemination of knowledge on the role of higher education for development in Africa UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/30915/ ER -