Responding to university reform in South Africa: student activism at the University of Limpopo

TY - JOUR

T1 - Responding to university reform in South Africa: student activism at the University of Limpopo

AU - Oxlund, Bjarke

PY - 2010/2

Y1 - 2010/2

N2 - Fifteen years ago South Africa's first democratic government inherited a tertiary sector marred by racial segregation. Since then higher education policies have been implemented with the aim of turning the sector around. Using the historically black University of Limpopo as a case, this article examines the impact of these policies from the perspective of students. It does so by combining a situational analysis of the student protests that erupted in 2007 at the University's main campus with a critical review of the impact that the new policies have had on university funding and autonomy.

AB - Fifteen years ago South Africa's first democratic government inherited a tertiary sector marred by racial segregation. Since then higher education policies have been implemented with the aim of turning the sector around. Using the historically black University of Limpopo as a case, this article examines the impact of these policies from the perspective of students. It does so by combining a situational analysis of the student protests that erupted in 2007 at the University's main campus with a critical review of the impact that the new policies have had on university funding and autonomy.

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0964-0282

VL - 18

SP - 30

EP - 42

JO - Social Anthropology

JF - Social Anthropology

IS - 1

ER -