FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education

FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education is an international, peer-reviewed publication promoting interdisciplinary scholarship on the use of internationally comparative data for evidence-based and innovative change in educational systems, schools, and classrooms worldwide. FIRE publishes articles, book reviews, research essays and bibliographies three times per year. Some issues are thematic. Except for book reviews and bibliographies, all manuscripts submitted to FIRE are blind peer-reviewed. Theoretical and methodological pluralism is welcomed and encouraged by the journal editor, editorial team, and advisory board. FIRE is indexed in EBSCO's Academic Search Premier, Google Scholar, and ERIC.

Vol 4, No 3 (2018): Special Issue - Higher Education in Africa: Global Perspectives

Guest Edited by Josiah Zachary Nyangau (Louisiana State University, USA)

Table of Contents

Articles

Introduction to the Special Issue on Higher Education in Africa: Global Perspectives
Josiah Zachary Nyangau
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Motivations of faculty engagement in internationalization: An agenda for future research
Josiah Zachary Nyangau
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“What can I offer America?” A postcolonial analysis of faculty motivations and perceptions in North-South university partnerships
Yeukai Angela Mlambo, Aryn Baxter
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The East African Higher Education Area: A Global or Regional Higher Education Space?
Ibrahim Oanda Ogachi
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Educational Policy Borrowing in the Cameroonian Higher Education System: A debatable Paradigm from Stakeholders’ Perspectives
Elizabeth Agbor Eta, Joyce Afuh Vuban
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Indirect Coercive Transfer and Educational Copying Under Dictatorship: The Case of Tunisia
Tavis D. Jules, Donia Smaali Bouhlila
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The appropriation of policy changes in higher education by students in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of the Bachelor-Master-Doctorate reform in Burkina Faso
Pascal Ramdé, Pierre Lapointe, Martial Dembélé
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The Ontology of Mention: Contexts, Contests, and Constructs of Academic Identity among University of Zambia Faculty
Ferdinand Mwaka Chipindi, Frances K Vavrus
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Producing Relevant Medical Education Through Community-Engaged Scholarship
Nelson Masanche Nkhoma
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Rebuilding Tertiary Education in Guinea-Bissau: Can it be done?
Brandon D. Lundy
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The role of Kenyan universities in national development
George Odhiambo
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Meaning, Idea and History of University/Higher Education: Brief Literature Review
Sintayehu Kassaye Alemu
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