Sustaining Higher Education Through Resource Allocation, Learning Design Models, and Academic Development

Makua, Manyane · Akinlolu, Mariam

Jul 2023 · IGI Global

About this ebook

Conversations, debates, and policies toward higher education remain in an uncritical mode of normality on issues such as inclusion, exclusion, and equity. In addition, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has starkly highlighted the fragility of the higher education system and has raised salient questions related to inclusivity and quality in all aspects.

Sustaining Higher Education Through Resource Allocation, Learning Design Models, and Academic Development fills a gap in the existing literature by introducing current practices and procedures in the face of the new normal as they affect the higher education sector. The book also addresses the various issues of current interest in the higher education sector relative to teaching and learning, student support, staff development, curriculum development, educational technologies, learning design models, and resource allocation. Covering key topics such as student engagement, assessment practices, and academic development, this premier reference source is ideal for administrators, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.

About the author

Manyane Makua is currently the Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Teaching and Learning at Mangosuthu University of Technology. He is responsible for the Teaching and Learning portfolio. Before this, he was serving as the Senior Director of the Teaching and Learning Development Centre at the same institution. He has also been Director of Quality Management. He obtained his PhD at the University of Limpopo. He also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Bath University (UK). His research interest are in: Language Education; Teacher Education; Academic Development; Organizational Culture; Quality Management and Communication. He is also a member of the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) in South Africa.

Mariam Akinlolu holds a PhD in Construction Management from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She is a Lecturer in the School of Built Environment at London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. Mariam has published in peer-reviewed journals; written chapters in books and edited several book collections. She has been involved in internationally funded projects in the areas of sustainable built environment education, waste management, construction health and safety and circular economy. Her research interests are engineering education, gender issues in construction, sustainability and construction health and safety. [Editor]