ABSTRACT
South African higher education sits, somewhat uncomfortably, between what the introduction of this book describes as ‘Western’ higher education systems and systems in ‘dierent cultural contexts’. South Africa’s rst universities were modelled by British and Dutch colonisers on ‘Western’ universities and newer institutions were developed along the same lines. e higher education system still looks to the United Kingdom (UK), Australia and Canada for leadership in policy and practice, and institutions strive to emulate the more prestigious ‘Western’ institutions. In many respects, the system is a ‘Western’ higher education system.
