ABSTRACT
For hundreds of years, the sphere of higher education has been predominated over by the West. The expansion of higher education outside the west is being effected through a multitude of channels. Students continue to go abroad to be educated; extant universities are dramatically increasing capacity, with a focus on constructing campuses that support traditional 'westernized' undergraduate experiences; distance or online learning is mushrooming rapidly. The western higher education (HE) providers are engaging in international branch campuses and cross-border partnerships; and new universities are opening in purpose-built facilities. Africa has a nominal presence within global HE but new institutions are being founded to address an acute shortage of universities in some parts of the continent. While the West still controls global HE policies, practices, and ranking tables, there is a consensus that emerging-market universities will grow in numbers, size, and prominence.
