North American cliches about private universities don't always work in Africa. This is a great example.https://twitter.com/calestous/status/676389626223960064 …
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@calestous @Somaliland26jun It's an interesting piece. Many good things happening in African highered right now, not enough written about it
@AlexUsherHESA I agree. They happen in unexpected places @Somaliland26jun
@calestous @Somaliland26jun The big set-pieces (like Dakar in March) get covered, but little inside institutions themselves.
@AlexUsherHESA I am mostly interested in the latter. Anything useful out of Dakar? Couldn't go @Somaliland26jun
@calestous @Somaliland26jun I didn't go either. The research universities initiative seems promising. Not sure about rest of it.
@AlexUsherHESA I got the sense they were focused on strengthening the status quo. Have you seen the UCT reaction to my earlier work?
@calestous No, I haven't. Is there a link?
.@AlexUsherHESA PDF: 60,000-word response by 35 academics to my 1,000-word op-ed on African #universities http://bit.ly/XvhuU9
@calestous Actually I did read that (or skimmed it, anyway, after the first two pieces). Had forgotten they were all UCT.
@AlexUsherHESA Just posted a Twitter poll on the topic inspired by our exchange
@calestous @Somaliland26jun I'm working now for NM-AIST - it's an incredible experiment. So much potential.
@AlexUsherHESA Great prospects there too. I know more about the Arusha one than the rest. I visited 2 years ago @Somaliland26jun
@calestous @Somaliland26jun Was discussing your articles on African devpt unis w/Dr Mwalimu last wk.They're trying hard to fulfil the vision
@AlexUsherHESA Will publish new paper early 2016 that I presented to AU in October on "innovation universities" @Somaliland26jun
@calestous @Somaliland26jun Great! I look forward to it.
@AlexUsherHESA AU will also publish it in all its working languages @Somaliland26jun
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