By using our site, you agree to our collection of information through the use of cookies. To learn more, view our Privacy Policy. To browse Academia. Where other written sources have been quoted, then: a their words have been rewritten but the general information attributed to them has been referenced; b where their exact words have been used, their writing has been placed inside quotation marks, and referenced. We might want to stretch the envelope even further and reflect on South Africa's competitiveness in the global community.
Ramphele lamented that-the irony is that the people who ignited the struggle for freedom in were protesting against poor education.
Chapter 2-The aim of the chapter is to examine the concept of access to higher education in relation to quality as espoused in the mission statement of the university. In an ODL context, what the institution does and how it does it is critical to understanding the university's purpose. Given the importance of the mission statement in defining and describing the purpose of the institution, this chapter analyzes UNISA's mission statement in relation to the quality indicators as outlined in the Quality Assurance Criteria that were developed specifically for distance education institutions.
Although mission statements are ubiquitous in higher education, very little attention is given to what the content of the statement means in relation to university's goals and objectives.
This chapter analyzed the Quality Assurance criterion that purports to measure the mission of the university, that is, the general philosophy that guides the values, culture and ethos of an institution. The meaning found in the mission statement suggests that UNISA as an ODL institution should provide higher education guided by the open learning principles of access, flexibility and student centeredness. Chapter 3-Increasing or widening participation has been a trend in international higher education since the s.
