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Student Voice: Embracing Student Activism as a Quality Improvement Tool in Higher Education

In: Global Voices in Higher Education

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  • Evelyn Garwe

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This chapter illustrates how student activism, taken in the context of the student voice, can be harnessed as a way of enhancing the quality of educational provision in higher education. Agenda 2063 of the African Commission recognizes equitable access to quality higher education as critical for national development. In the face of an increase in student protests and the resultant destruction of infrastructure and human life, it becomes imperative to find ways of creating positive and innovative teaching and learning environments that take full advantage of student activism. The chapter draws on existing literature on student activism and the value of student voice to inform the development of a model for incorporating the "student voice" as a way of harnessing the positive aspects of student activism.

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  • Evelyn Garwe, 2017. "Student Voice: Embracing Student Activism as a Quality Improvement Tool in Higher Education," Chapters, in: Susan Renes (ed.), Global Voices in Higher Education, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:112889
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.68669
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    Keywords

    student voice; quality improvement; student activism; higher education;
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    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions

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