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Title (Mis)framing Higher Education in South Africa
Full text http://ahero.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=cshe&action=viewtitle&id=cshe_897
Date 2012
Author(s) Bozalek, Vivienne; Boughey, Chrissie
Abstract The question of how to make higher education more inclusive has been a central concern in South Africa and elsewhere over the past two decades. However, in South Africa there remains a disjuncture between policy aimed at promoting inclusivity and the experiences of students and staff in the higher education sector. In this article, the relationship between equity of access and equity of outcomes and the expectations that follow from these policy imperatives are examined from the perspective of Nancy Fraser&rsquo - s normative framework of social justice. In particular, her notion of misframing is used to analyze the current situation in the higher education sector in South Africa. The article concludes that a focus on individual higher education institutions is not sufïÂcient to gain a perspective on the social arrangements required for participatory parity in higher education - and, in fact, such a focus is an instance of misframing and thus a form of injustice.
Subject(s) Higher Education, Apartheid and Higher Education, Inclusion, Inclusive Education, Social justice
Coverage National Systems and Comparative Studies
Language English
Publisher Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Type of publication Journal Article (Peer Reviewed)
Format Pdf
Rights Blackwell Pblishing Ltd
Repository Cape Town - AHERO, University of Western Cape
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