DESCRIPTION

As South African higher education tries to come to grips with differentiated policy, performance indicators become key. This book offers a country case study of the development of performance indicators in the context of international experience of, and debates about, the development and role of performance assessment and indicators. It also proposed a joint project with a selected group of other African countries, the purpose of which will be to strengthen capacity and construct a more commonly understood discourse amongst countries on the same continent.

 

CONTENTS

About the Authors

Acknowledgements

 

Chapter 1: Introduction

• Policy and performance
• Structure of the report

Chapter 2: International Perspectives on Performance Indicators

• Maurice Kogan: The development and use of performance indicators and performance measurement in the UK
• Frans Kaiser: The role of indicators and benchmarks in the European Union
• Performance indicator developments in six African countries
• Summary of responses to international presentations

Chapter 3: CHET 2000: Higher education Transformation

• Transformation goals for higher education in South Africa
• Size and shape of the higher education system
• Student outputs of the higher education system
• Staff equity in the higher education system
• Responsiveness to social interests and needs
• Co-operation and partnerships in governance
• Funding
• Methodological assumptions of CHET 2000
• Some problems with the CHET 2000 methodology

Chapter 4: The National Working Group: Determining "Fitness-for-Purpose"

• Restructuring the South African higher education system
• Expected features, indicators and benchmarks
• Application of indicators and benchmarks
• Objections to the National Working Group's model of indicators and benchmarks