CODESRIA Higher Education Policy Initiative (HEPI) / Call for Proposals to
undertake Profiles of Higher Education leaders in Africa
Deadline: 15th September 2017
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
(CODESRIA), with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York is
implementing a new Higher Education Policy Initiative (HEPI). The initiative
aims at engaging academics and stakeholders in higher education in Africa on
issues and policy directions that can secure greater autonomy for the
institutions, deepen cultures of accountability and oversight and support the
institutions to better focus on their academic missions. Part of the activities
under this programme will generate literature that can inform policy on
critical governance and leadership related challenges that face higher
education in Africa. The overall outcome envisaged from the HEPI initiative
relates to contributing to the emergence of a critical mass of internal and
external stakeholders within the higher education sector who can continuously
secure the management capacities, autonomy and resources the institutions need
to deliver on their academic missions.
As a component of this initiative, CODESRIA invites proposals from academics in
African universities and media personnel working in the area of higher
education to undertake profiles of higher education leaders within the
continent. The profiles are meant to document cases of leadership innovations
and highlight the work of individuals who successfully overcame the
uncertainties wrought by resource scarcities and/or governance challenges and
built resilience that has seen the institution continue to play a central role
in the development of their societies. The rationale for this component of the
initiative is that past higher education leaders (Vice-Chancellors, Members of
council and senate, government ministers responsible for higher education) etc.
have valuable lessons and experiences regarding the process of institutional
building and governance reform. Feedback from them is intended to stimulate
debates on how higher education governance and leadership processes in Africa
would be supported to mitigate challenges to management and oversight;
including the development and building of capacity to utilize new
accountability tools to improve systems of governance, establishing effective
stakeholder-driven governing boards and contributing to a culture of
accountability and academic excellence in the institutions. The aim will be to
document the contributions and visions of these leaders and their personal
imprint and influence on broad higher education policy issues, how the sector
should be governed and managed and contribute to deepening understanding of
what would constitute a ‘philosophy’ of higher education governance and
leadership in Africa.
The profiles will be recorded in form of interviews and later transcribed into
publishable narrative form by the researchers. To this end, those submitting
proposals should:
*
* Clearly justify the choice and institutional linkage of the leader/s
to be profiled in the context of the objectives of this project;
* Include an indication of the budget and timelines needed to accomplish
the task;
* Provide a sample of the interview protocol as an annexure to the
proposal;
* Provide a CV outlining key strengths and suitability to undertake this
task
This call targets academics and institutions in six sub-Saharan African
countries: Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa. Individual
former higher education leaders from these countries who wish to submit
proposals to do book length biographies as part of these reflections are
encouraged to do so, adhering to the spirit of the guidelines above.
Complete proposals; no more than 5 pages long typed on 1.5 New Times Roman
margins should be sent to the address below as electronic mail only.
The deadline for receiving the proposals is 15th September 2017.
Complete proposals (Electronic copies only) should be sent to the address below:
CODESRIA
Higher Education Policy Initiative (HEPI)
BP 3304, Dakar,
18524, Se´ne´gal
Te´l. (221) 33 825 98 21/22/23
Courriel: profile.h...@codesria.sn<mailto:profile.h...@codesria.sn>
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