Dear everyone - I will be moving to the University of Illinois quite
soon and will need to change my editoring email etc. So the list will be
going quiet for a while. The good news is that Allison Fullard at the
CSHE Resource Center at UWC has agreed to help edit the list - so we
will be back stronger than ever in a few months.

Thanks everyone for your input and interest in South African higher
education. "Talk" to you next month or so. In the meantime, two notices
of interest re HE on the African continent, below.

Best regards and take care,
Terri Barnes

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Review of Higher Education in Africa, a peer-reviewed online journal,
is happy to invite submissions to its maiden issue.
The journal invites submissions that look into every aspect of higher
education in Africa, including but not limited to:
* policy
* management
* education research
* costs and funding of higher education
* private and public funding of higher education
* education and development
* globalization and Africa's higher education
* general factors shaping higher education in Africa\

Submissions may be of theoretical or empirical nature.RHEA welcomes
interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives. Book reviews, research
articles, research reviews and research reports are welcome. Submissions
(and inquiries) should be directed to the journal editor, Prof. James
Etim, email: etimj@wssu.edu

Professor Etim, James S.
Department of Education,
Winston Salem State University,
241C Anderson Center,
Winston Salem, NC 27110

Email: etimj@wssu.edu
Visit the website at
http://www.spreadcorp.org/reviewHigherEdAfric/CFP.html
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From: Damtew Teferra [mailto:teferra@bc.edu]
Sent: Wed 2008/07/02 05:46
To: Damtew Teferra
Subject: AFRICAN NETWORK FOR THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF EDUCATION

Dear colleagues,

I am pleased to share with you this memo by Dr. Roshen Kishun, the
chair
of the Steering Committee of the new network called AFRICAN NETWORK
FOR
THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF EDUCATION--one of the outcomes of the
Higher
Education in Africa: The International Dimension Project (available at
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/inhea/dimension.htm).

Best regards,
Damtew
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AFRICAN NETWORK FOR THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF EDUCATION

On behalf of the Interim Steering Committee I am pleased to announce
the formation of the African Network for the Internationalisation of
Education (ANIE). ANIE had its genesis in 2006 when the Higher
Education
in Africa: The International Dimension Project undertook a comparative
analysis of the current issues and emerging trends related to
internationalization of higher education on the African continent.

In the first phase of the project a series of workshops were held in
Cairo, Egypt (March 2007), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (August, 2007)
and Nairobi, Kenya (April, 2008). The Cairo workshop, the first formal
meeting of the project, was an opportunity for the authors of 11
identified "case study countries" to present a comparative analysis of
the issues, the emerging trends, and risks and opportunities related to
the internationalisation of higher education in their respective
countries. The main objectives of the Cairo meeting were to discuss
their draft articles and preliminary findings for a proposed book to
generate interest in the "new generation group" (NGG) of scholars to
concepts and paradigms in the internationalization of higher education.

The visit to South Africa was an opportunity for the NGG scholars to
attend the International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA)
Conference held at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port
Elizabeth. This was a learning and networking opportunity for the
participants.  The workshop held in Pietermaritzburg was designed to
have discussions on the formation of ANIE and the first special
interest
group (SIG) now designated as the Network for Emerging Scholars for
Internationalisation (NESI). The outcome of the discussions was tabled
at the Nairobi meeting. The proposed ANIE and NESI structures were
adopted and the ANIE Steering Committee (ASC) was formally accepted to
provide the leadership for the project. The Nairobi workshop marked the
end of the first phase of the project.

ANIE was constituted as an independent, non-profit, non-governmental,
membership organization whose aim is to develop research capacity and
constitute an expert network in advancing the  understanding of
internationalization of higher education to meet the professional needs
of individuals, institutions and organizations. ANIE's vision is to be
the leading organisation of its kind in Africa to meet the professional
and practical needs of those active in international education.

ANIE's work will be based on the premise that the globalisation context
is a multi-faceted process and rests on the rapid world-wide systems of
communication, information, knowledge and culture that is changing
societies radically. In this environment higher education in Africa is
expected to be impacted in historically unprecedented ways. The
challenges which confront the sector are those that are likely to
change
the very foundations on which higher education in Africa rests and
those which are likely to transform higher education itself.

ANIE will focus attention on appropriate policies, structures,
principles, rationales, and programmes that will enable the higher
education sector to add the international dimension to its teaching,
research, and service functions in a considered and constructive manner.
Examples of priority activities will include student/scholar mobility,
regional and international networks, curricular reform, and cross-border
education. By engaging in these and other activities and developments
that bring new opportunities, challenges and risks to higher education
systems and institutions ANIE will strive to support institutions to
understand the importance and complexity of internationalisation.

The organization will aim to build on the extensive work and
information gleaned from the existing experiences from the continent and
from sister organisations around the world, to support and nurture new
research to
examine trends, new developments and challenges related to the
international dimension of higher education at the
institutional/organisational, and national and regional levels. ANIE
will strive to make transparency, comparability, and quality important
criteria in promoting and responding to the growing need for further
information and analysis on what is happening in African countries
regarding the new developments in internationalization and how to reap
benefits from further regional integration and international alliances.

In meeting its goals the primary aim will be to build the capacity of
individuals, institutions, and organizations involved in the
implementation and study of international education. To this effect the
Network of Emerging Scholars for the Internationalisation of Higher
Education (NESI) was launched.  Other Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
will be formed to act as functional units of ANIE on specialised
subjects that need research and further information. For example, a SIG
could be formed to provide the expertise and research around identified
issues like brain drain, student mobility, or credentials evaluation or
respond to some of the basic and fundamental questions such as What does
internationalization mean? Alternatively a SIG could bring together
members with similar professional responsibilities, for example,
directors of international offices or credential evaluators.

NESI currently has ten members from nine African countries. Recruitment
of additional members is ongoing. The outreach to the rest of the
continent will be dependent on the success of the second phase
objectives and the support needed to grow the organization. ANIE will
give serious attention to funding initiatives and the development of
funding proposals to sustain its  future growth. ANIE is set-up as a
fully functional independent organization with its own identity and
membership and with management structures such as the Board of
Directors. It will be governed by a constitution that will allow it to
function as a properly constituted organisation. ANIE will be managed by
a Secretariat based at Moi University, Kenya.

Perhaps the most eagerly anticipated event is the forthcoming launch of
ANIE and its structures. The event will take place at Moi University in
November 2008. The programme is intended to formally launch ANIE and
NESI; to discuss key issues and challenges facing internationalization
in Africa; to launch the new book "Higher Education in Africa: The
International Dimension;"  and conduct an intensive two-day workshop
for
the new generation group of scholars. The launch will also provide the
platform to discuss and develop a strategic plan for the next five
years. In November, 2009 an Africa-wide international conference is
being
planned where major events and programmes around internationalization
of African higher education will be introduced. The conference will be
designed to continue the dialogue around internationalisation and to
share knowledge generated by scholars on a variety of relevant issues.
ANIE will be working with partner universities from Africa and around
the world and will extend an invitation to colleagues who are engaged
in
internationalization issues.

We share this information in the spirit of  internationalisation that
will allow the African continent to be an equal partner of the
international community. On behalf of the Steering Committee, I am most
grateful to individuals identified below who were instrumental in the
development of ANIE. We look forward to working with you.

Founding Members: Jane Knight and Damtew Teferra (Project Leaders);
Elizabeth Ayalew (Ethiopia); Roshen Kishun (South Africa); James Jowi
Otieno (Kenya); Mohsen Said (Egypt).

NESI Special Interest Group Committee:  Jowi James Otieno (Kenya,
Chair); Elizabeth Ayalew (Ethiopia, Vice-Chair); Mulumba B. Mathias
(Uganda); Maha Mourad (Egypt).


ANIE Steering Committee: Chacha Nyaigotti Chacha (representing IUCEA,
East Africa); Paul Effah (Ghana); Jowi James Otieno (Kenya); Crispus
Kiamba (Kenya/David Siele, alternate member); Roshen Kishun (IEASA,
South Africa, Chair); Mohsen Said (Egypt).

Roshen Kishun

Chair: ANIE Steering Committee (Interim)

Anie-network@iafrica.com

  --

Best regards,

Damtew

Damtew Teferra, Ph. D.
Director, International Network for Higher Education in Africa
Center for International Higher Education
Lynch School of Education, Campion Hall 207
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
USA
http://www.bc.edu/inhea

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Teresa Barnes
Assoc. Prof.
History Department
University of the Western Cape
P. Bag X17
Bellville 7535
South Africa

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