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Nature 390, 9 (6 November 1997) | doi:10.1038/36189
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South Africa increases central control of higher education
Michael Cherry
South Africa's parliament last week approved a major reform of the country's higher education system, despite concern about language policy and centralized control.The bill's most important consequence will be the creation of a Council on Higher Education to accredit degree programmes, allocate funds to universities and technikons (advanced technical colleges) on a three-year cycle, and audit quality assurance.
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