1st Edition

Enhancing Student Support in Higher Education in Southern Africa Exploring Strategies, Innovations and Challenges

186 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Arguing for a holistic approach to student support, this book explores how to better serve students in African settings through the services and programmes offered at universities, providing empirical studies, case studies and theoretical explorations from four Southern African countries. Acknowledging the ultimate role of student support services in improving and enhancing the overall student... Read more

1.     Student Support in Higher Education in Southern Africa

Shamiso C. Madzivire and Francis Machingura

2.     A Systematic Review of Support Systems for Disadvantaged Postgraduate Students in South African Higher Education Institutions: A Decolonial Perspective.

Moffat Machiwenyika and Halima Namakula

3.      An Ecological Systems Approach for Promoting the Enhancement of Student Support Policies at Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in South Africa.

            Basheer Arries and Jessica Johannisen

4.     Academic Literacy and Writing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

 Lucky Maluleke and Anthony Tolika Sibiya

5.     The Role of Technology in Enhancing Teaching and Learning for Students with Disabilities in Higher Education in Zimbabwe

Margaret Machingambi

6.      A Multi-Faith Higher Education Chaplaincy in Malawi

Jones Hamburu Mawerenga

7.      Navigating Challenges for Student Utilisation of Counselling Services at Tertiary Institutions in Eswatini

Novuyo Nkomo

8.     Collaborative Approaches to Gender-based Violence Prevention: University Partnerships with Local Organizations.

Francis Ziwanai

9.     Living Out and Learning at University: Exploring the Experiences of Off-Campus Students at the University of Malawi

Paul Chiwaya and Peterson Liwago 

10.  Ensuring Access with Success in Higher Education: The Case of the Reaching for Excellence and Achievement Program (REAP)

Mthobisi Ndaba

11.  Concluding Remarks

Shamiso Madzivire and Francis Machingura

Biography

Francis Machingura is Professor and the Director of the Centre for Postgraduate Studies, as well as Senior Lecturer and the Chairperson, Arts and Languages Education Department, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.

Shamiso Christine Madzivire is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sociology Department, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.