The slow death of the intellectual
"A culture of inquiry and debate must be resurrected at all universities".
Publications and Reports
The PhD and the degree structure of South African higher education, a brief and rough guide
du Toit argues that its pivotal to understand and reach a consus with regards to the meaning, nature and function of the PhD degree, before increasing the number of PhD graduates.
The middle cannot hold
"The story of the director of the Western Cape education".
The Humanities and Social Sciences in SA: Crisis or Cause for Concern
Type: Publications and ReportsYear of Publishing: 2011Keywords: Charter for humanities, social sciencesA commentary examing the findings of two reports: ASSAF consensus panel report and the Charter for humanities and social sciences.
The human factor
Interview with Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande
The human factor
Type: Publications and ReportsYear of Publishing: 2010Keywords: Higher Education, neglected humanities sectorInterview with Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande about the neglected humanities sector
Teaching academics the art
Type: Publications and ReportsYear of Publishing: 2011Keywords: Teaching skills, Undergraduate teachingJansen discusses the lack of teaching skills within academics. Stressing the lack of effort put in undergraduate teaching.
Stronger universities need to support development
Type: Publications and ReportsYear of Publishing: 2012Keywords: economic development, African societies"Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing positive economic development, and there is increasing understanding of the important contributions universities have to make if African societies are to achieve the next stages of development".
Still searching for ‘the human'
Type: Publications and ReportsYear of Publishing: 2012Keywords: Humanities, Civil society, Good citizens"Humanities has to be more than developing civil society and good citizens".
South African Higer Education: Past, Present and Future.
The report analysise higher education as inherited in 1994, and the the challenges up unitl 2004, and the way forward in order meet the key demands of higher education in South Africa.
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