Transforming institutions Ethiopia’s higher-education boom built on shoddy foundations The country desperately needs new universities to drive development, but most of the 30 built in the last 15 years fall woefully short By George West Ethiopia’s higher education infrastructure has mushroomed in the last 15 years. But the institutions suffer from curricula being abandonded due
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Transforming institutions Ethiopia’s higher-education boom built on shoddy foundations The country desperately needs new universities to drive development, but most of the 30 built in the last 15 years fall woefully short By George West Ethiopia’s higher education infrastructure has mushroomed in the last 15 years. But the institutions suffer from curricula being abandonded due
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By Tadeos Daniel This write-up was primarily motivated by the appalling action the Addis Ababa University (AAU) senior leadership took against two notable academics, namely, Drs. Merera Gudina and Dagnachew Assefa. The former, a prominent opposition political figure, has been teaching at AAU for over 25 years while the latter, a vocal critique of the
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