Voices of Conflict: Desegregating South African Universities
Mabokela, R. O. (2000).
New York: Routledge Falmer
ISBN: 0815333080
The South African higher education system has historically been characterized
by racial and gender inequities inherited from the discriminatory policies
of the apartheid era. Emerging from a higher education history plagued
with deeply entrenched racial disparities, Voices of Conflict examines
how academic programs and structures at the historically white universities
have responded to the increasing enrollment of black students since
the enactment of the Universities Amendment Act in 1983. Dr. Mabokela
specifically seeks to understand the perceptions and attitudes of students,
faculty, and administrators and to determine how these respective constituents
have responded to changes in student demographics. Her study brings
to light, with clarity and thoroughness, many too often overlooked and
neglected issues in higher education in South Africa. (Description from
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