Tuning as Instrument of Systematic Higher Education Reform and Quality Enhancement: The African Experience

Abstract

This article explores the state of higher education in Africa as it relates to the experience and lessons learned in the Tuning African higher education project. It analyses the specific African dimension of the methodology, its contribution to the reform efforts in teaching and learning, and the critical issues vital for quality enhancement and harmonization of higher education in Africa.

Keywords

• tuning
• harmonization
• curriculum development
• reform
• quality
• higher education
• Africa
• regional integration.