Higher Education in the Caribbean: Past, Present and Future Directions

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Foreword vii
• Preface ix
• Introduction xii
• Abbreviations xvii
• 1 - The Historical Development of Higher Education in the Anglophone Caribbean 1
• Introduction 1
• Conclusion 21
• 2 - Contrasting Problems Facing Universities in the Developed and Developing Worlds: The Same Difference 24
• Introduction 24
• Notes 41
• 3 - Higher Education and Caribbean Identity 45
• Introduction 45
• Notes 57
• 4 - Academic Travails and a Crisis-of-Mission of the University of the West Indies' Social Sciences: From History and Critique to Anti-Politics 59
• Introduction 59
• Conclusions 80
• 5 - The Politics of Caribbean Higher Education 85
• Introduction 85
• Conclusion 113
• 6 - Access to Tertiary Education in the Commonwealth Caribbean in the 1990s 117
• Introduction 117
• Conclusion 139
• 7 - Higher Education and Agricultural Development in the Caribbean 142
• Introduction 142
• Conclusion 162
• 8 - A Vision of Transformational Leadership for the University of the West Indies 167
• Introduction 167
• Conclusion 183
• Notes 184
• 9 - Managing the Academy: Aspects of the Law Relating to University Administration 186
• Introduction 186
• Conclusion 224
• 10 - Changing a University: Reconciling Quantity with Quality -- The Case of the University of the West Indies 237
• Conclusion 249
• 11 - Future Directions for Research in Caribbean Higher Education Institutions 251
• Introduction 251
• Notes 265
• 12 - The University of the West Indies Press and Academic and Textbook Publishing in the Caribbean: An Oral History 266
• Introduction 266
• 13 - From Ideas to Practice: The Development of the University of the West Indies Distance Education Policies and Programmes 306
• Introduction 306
• Notes 320
• 14 - Current Issues in Distance Education in the English-Speaking Caribbean: Challenges and Responses 323
• Introduction 323
• Conclusion 340
• 15 - Management Information Systems in Universities: Is the University of the West Indies on Target? 342
• Introduction 342
• Conclusion 367
• Contributors 371

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