IAUP STRESSES ONGOING ACADEMIC DIVIDE BETEWEEN GLOBAL HIGHER EDUCATION HAVES AND HAVE-NOTS
March 11th, 2024
The stark differences in higher education capacity between richer and less developed countries was highlighted at the International Association of University Presidents’ (IAUP) latest semi-annual meeting. Staged at Nottingham Trent University, in England’s East Midlands on Friday (March 8), delegates heard how in Uganda, with a population of 47.2 million (World Bank data for 2022), there are only 60 higher education institutions, of which only 20 meet international standards. However, according to Dr Barbabas Nawangwe, vice chancellor, of Uganda’s Makerere ...
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