International context: Global higher education
Global
World
HE Mass
Education
National context
Globalisation
SA political transformation
Socio-economical and political reality of unemployment, poverty, violence and crime
Increase in boycotts and strikes (labour issues and service delivery)
Radical transformation of HE
Characteristics of the contemporary SAHE landscape
Setting: Changed and
changing HEI
FYE
Orientation programme
Dynamic characteristics and
processes inherent to the
setting
Free education for the poor
Mass education
▪ Policy changes
▪ Curriculum changes
▪ Corporatisation of HEIs
▪ Managerialism
▪ Stress factories
▪ Political hothouses
▪ Elitist nature of HE remains
▪ #FeesMustFall campaign
(high institutional fees, structural inequalities,
symbols of colonialism and language policies)




