Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject Economics - Case Scenarios, grade: 1,3 (A), Stellenbosch Universitiy (Faculty of Economics), course: Modern Economic Systems, language: English, abstract: In South Africa the transformation of higher education is part of the broad political

and socioeconomic transition to democracy characterising the country and its

people. The transformation of higher education is not only a comprehensive process,

but also a radical one. Furthermore, it is a precipitous process - almost daily are

shifts of emphasis and new issues which dominate the higher education debate.

In the second chapter this paper will give an insight in the South Africas system of

higher education during apartheid with a special focus on the role that the state

played, as this makes clear the reason for any transformation.

When discussing the transformation of South Africas higher education system, the

first item of business involves changing the racial complexion of university student

and staff profiles. Therefore it is necessary to discuss access policies for students

and affirmative action programmes concerning staff policies.

In the fourth chapter future perspectives, such as distance learning programmes, and

challenges will be considered that universities in South Africa are facing nowadays.

The centre of attention are the miscellaneous influences on the higher education

system. Finally, this paper will make clear the importance for South African higher

education institutions to develop a multi-dimensional view of diversity.



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