Higher education in Mozambique : a case study

1. Introduction. - 2. Historical Background (The last years of colonialism - a university for colonialists & assimilados. - Independence & socialism - central planning requires a utilitarian university. - Peace, democracy, a market economy and the emergence of non-governmental institutions of higher education). - 3. Students: Access & Equity (Supply & demand. - Distribution of the sexes. - Geography. - Policies for improving access & equity. - Distance learning). - 4. Teaching staff (Prior to the advent of non-governemental HEIs. - After the introduction of non-governmental HEIs). - 5. Relevance, Quality, Quantity (What is taught, where & how. - Strategic planning. - Efficiency. - Relevance. - Efforts to improve efficiency & relevance). - 6. Information & Communication Technologies: Policies & Use (ICT at Eduardo Mondlane University. - Other governmental universities. - Non-governmental universities. - What do students say? - Questions & recommendations). - 7. Finance & Governance (Financing the governmental institutions. - Financing the non-governmental HEIs. - Unit costs. - Governance & management). - 8. Conclusions & Recommendations (A dynamic field. - A final word: energies). - Appendices. - References (HoF/text adopted)