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Book/Printed Material The politics of access : university education and nation-building in Nigeria, 1948-2000

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Title

  • The politics of access : university education and nation-building in Nigeria, 1948-2000

Names

  • Anyanwu, Ogechi Emmanuel, 1971-

Created / Published

  • Calgary, Alberta, Canada : University of Calgary Press, [2011]
  • ©2011

Contents

  • The politics of colonial education -- Towards educational reform: the Cold War, decolonization, and the Carnegie Corporation, 1952-60 -- The Ashby Commission, regionalism, and university education in the 1960s -- Centralization of universities and national integration, 1970-79: the legacy of the Nigerian civil war -- The Second Republic and the burden of expansion, 1979-83: free education, science and technology, and quota system -- Rationalization policy: the IMF/World Bank and structural adjustment program, 1984-90 -- Crisis of nationhood: funding issues, socio-political instability, and private university education, 1990-2000.

Headings

  • -  Geschichte 1948-2000
  • -  1900 - 1999
  • -  Economic development--Nigeria
  • -  Education, Higher--Political aspects--Nigeria
  • -  Education, Higher--Nigeria--History--20th century
  • -  Higher education and state--Nigeria
  • -  Nation-building--Nigeria
  • -  Développement économique--Nigeria
  • -  Enseignement supérieur--Nigeria--Aspect politique
  • -  Enseignement supérieur--Nigeria--Histoire--20e siècle
  • -  Enseignement supérieur--Nigeria
  • -  Reconstruction d'une nation--Nigeria
  • -  Economic development
  • -  Education, Higher--Political aspects
  • -  Education, Higher
  • -  Higher education and state
  • -  Nation-building
  • -  Bildungspolitik
  • -  Tertiärbereich
  • -  Nigeria

Genre

  • History

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-286) and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (xvi, 298 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LA1633

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019667451

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Anyanwu, Ogechi Emmanuel. The politics of access: university education and nation-building in Nigeria, -2000. [Calgary, Alberta, Canada: University of Calgary Press, ©, 2011] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019667451/.

APA citation style:

Anyanwu, O. E. (2011) The politics of access: university education and nation-building in Nigeria, -2000. [Calgary, Alberta, Canada: University of Calgary Press, ©] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019667451/.

MLA citation style:

Anyanwu, Ogechi Emmanuel. The politics of access: university education and nation-building in Nigeria, -2000. [Calgary, Alberta, Canada: University of Calgary Press, ©, 2011] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2019667451/>.