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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"South African Higher Education"”.
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Students' perceptions of service quality at two South African higher education institutions
South African higher education institutions are facing increasing competition from both local and global competitors. This increasing competitive pressure has forced them to become aware of the importance of building and sustaining a suitable competitive advantage. Adding to this, South Africa's …
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Design and validation of a leadership model for South African higher education
… to explore the current typology of leadership in South African universities and to validate a conceptual model proposed in the dissertation. The model is based on complexity science and Ken Wilber’s theory of holism, and employs such key concepts as values, personal development, and mechanistic …
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A framework for data-driven decision-making at a South African higher education institution
… decision-making (D3M) has practical benefits to higher education institutions (HEIs), but its adoption and use in South African HEIs are still low. This low adoption is attributed to various reasons based on decision-makers’ perceptions, expectations and experiences of data-driven decision-making …
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A framework for ethical artificial intelligence adoption at a South African higher education institution
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming higher education by presenting unique ethical challenges that require careful consideration for responsible integration. This study addresses the lack of a well-defined ethics framework in higher education, resulting in inconsistent policies and …
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Measuring institutional change : the application of two theoretical models to two South African higher education institutions
… to compare and assess two theoretical models of higher education institutional change: the policy response and the adaptational model. The policy response model is essentially a measurement of policy impact, and through the application of an indicator framework allows the evaluation of the extent …
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Towards efficient water utilisation in South African Higher Education Institutions: A case study of University of Venda
… a constraint for sustainable development in the higher education institutions in South Africa including University of Venda. Water infrastructure is one of the major challenges within higher education institutions, the existing water supply infrastructure is over 20 years old and was not planned …
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The development of a scale to measure doctoral graduate attributes in the South African higher education context
Doctoral education is an area of strategic focus in South Africa. The recent review of doctoral education at South African higher education institutions, and subsequent discussions of the findings, have highlighted doctoral graduate attributes as an area needing substantial focus. This study aimed …
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Plagiarism among undergraduate students in the faculty of applied science at a South African higher education institution
… plagiarism among undergraduate students at a higher education institution in South Africa. There is evidence from previous studies that plagiarism is increasing world wide among higher education students. The emergence of the Internet has made plagiarizing worse as students can easily copy and …
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Developing a web-based research administration and management system : case study of a South African higher education institution
… Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2017.
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Towards a qualitative framework for blending equity and excellence in transforming South African higher education to achieve development
South Africa has been on a difficult journey over the last two decades in its attempts to transform its higher education system. The key question around which major debates have revolved relates to achieving development within the context of a post-apartheid South Africa. At the heart of this …
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The Relationships between PsyCap, Academic Engagement and Academic Performance amongst Postgraduate Students in a South African Higher Education Institution
In recent years, South African higher education institutions have consistently reported considerably low postgraduate throughput rates. It has thus become increasingly important to investigate what factors contribute to the academic success of postgraduate students. To this end, the researcher …
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Using diffusion of innovation theory to understand how technology is adopted in mathematics at a South African higher education institution
… has been an area of concern for some time in South Africa. Various universities tried different interventions to address this problem. One example is the establishment of a bridging programme at an institution of higher learning. Technology has been discussed as support that can be provided to …
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An exploratory study of attractors and detractors in Black graduates' choice of an academic career in a South African higher education institution
… to specifically pursue a career in academia in South Africa, bearing in mind that factors that attract and retain are not the same. Based on a total sample of 204 students from a South African university, the research findings indicate that there is a significant relationship between the …
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Developing a holistic framework for assessing research impact in South African higher education institutions, using a research-intensive university as a case study
… and responsible research assessment for higher education institutions such as the University of Cape Town. The study was informed by the Payback Framework and New Institutional Theory. It adopted, within a pragmatist paradigm, an explanatory sequential mixed methods approach and data were …
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Legacy Information Systems: A Case Study on the Impact of Student Information System Replacement and Stakeholder Experiences in a South African Higher Education Institution
… at a large, research-intensive university in South Africa. The focus is on the impact of replacing legacy information systems within the context of higher education institutions (HEIs) and exploring the experiences of employees during this student information system change. The system …
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Enhancing the role of the libraries in South African Higher Education Institutions through Research Data Management: A case study of Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Research Data Management (RDM) is one of the top trends in academic libraries. Academic libraries are faced with the challenge of implementing RDM services. Libraries that are not yet offering support for research data may be at the stage of developing RDM services. The main objective of this study …
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A functional-interpretive approach to information systems security e competencies development in the higher education institution: a comparativ e case of four South African higher education institutions
… of four (4) HEIs in the Western Cape Province in South Africa to institutional development of IS security ecompetencies across their full staff compliments. It used a mixed research methodology and multiple case study research design in which four Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) participated. …
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An analysis of the contestation over the pedagogic device in an applied design curriculum in post apartheid South Africa
… operating in the field of fashion design education in the post-Apartheid South African higher education context. The investigation is realised through a case study analysis of the pedagogic practices and context of a registered private provider of higher education that is externally …
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Decolonisation, Africanisation, and Epistemic Citizenship in post-Rhodes Must Fall South African Universities
… intensity from student movements across the South African higher education landscape, decolonisation, as an intellectual project, remains a popular emancipatory framework within universities, disciplinary communities, scholarly networks globally and in South African higher education. In South …
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Blended learning approach in the BED (foundation phase teaching) programme: strengths and challenges
Blended learning in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) has become increasingly popular (Graham, 2006; Guangying, 2014; Win & Wyn, 2015). In 2015 and 2016 South African Higher Education Institutions struggled with the impact of the #FeesMustFall campaign, which sought to reduce and, in some …
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