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Reflections on Two African Universities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

James T. Mathieu
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Both quotes point to the importance of a center. A center connotes stability, solidity, balance, equilibrium at the core. At the university level this center should be found in the dynamic interdependence of the five constituencies of a university—students, faculty, administration and staff, the support base, and the public. In this article I will discuss how and if the African university center holds and if it can be identified as exemplifying something near excellence, focusing on two universities.

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Issues in African Higher Education
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African Issues , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , 1996 , pp. 24 - 28
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Copyright © African Studies Association 1996

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James T. Mathieu is Professor of Sociology at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles.

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1. Written in 1859 and quoted in Newman’s, John Henry, The Office and Work of Universities, Sampson, George, ed., London, 1902 Google Scholar.

2. King, Noel Q., African Cosmos, Belmont, CA.: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1986.Google Scholar