Sicherman, Carol.

Becoming an African university : Makerere, 1922-2000 / Carol Sicherman. - Trenton N.J. : Africa World Press, 2004. - xxii, 416 p. 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The beginnings of higher education for East Africans -- Becoming a University College -- The glory years of Makerere University College: the 1950s and 1960s -- Makerere University College and the University of East Africa (1963-70) -- Research, curriculum, and teaching in the 1960s -- Decline and persistence (1970-86) -- From Ivory Tower to lighthouse: Makerere as a National University (1986-2000) -- The Medical School -- Art and the "Educated Man" -- Cultivating the faculty of Agriculture -- Libraries and Librarianship -- "Very small . . . very mighty": women and the rise of Women and Gender Studies -- Relationships with governments -- Staff development -- Beyond the Ivory Tower: three examples.

1592212875 (hard cover) 1592212883 (pbk.)

2004015915


Makerere University--History.


Education, Higher--History.--Uganda

LG421.K35 / S53 2004

378.6761