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DESCRIPTION:Maxwell African Scholars Union Presents N’Dri T. Assié-Lumumba 
 onGender\, Higher Education and Human Resource Development in Africa: Past
  Policies and Implications of the New Strategic PlanningHuman capital theo
 ry guided the national development planning policies of African countries 
 from the beginning of the post-colonial period. This period has been also 
 characterized by unequal educational opportunity along gender lines\, espe
 cially at higher education level. While most of the institutions of higher
  learning built after independence are predominantly public\, the current 
 higher education landscape is characterized by the increased presence of p
 rivate institutions. These private institutions\, especially the secular e
 stablishments\, tend to enroll larger numbers of female students than thei
 r public counterparts. After several decades of neglect\, African states a
 re returning to strategic planning and have adopted national long-term vis
 ions. The emerging issues to be discussed include the dynamics in the inte
 rface of the gendered distribution of higher education and the priority ar
 eas in national economic and human resource development planning and the i
 mplications for the labor market and gender equality.N'Dri T. Assié-Lumumb
 a is Professor of Africana Studies with the Africana Studies and Research 
 Center of Cornell University. She has been a Fellow of the World Academy o
 f Art and Science since 2006 and was this year elected to the Presidency o
 f the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES). She holds th
 e doctorate in Comparative Education\, Economics and Sociology of Educatio
 n from the University of Chicago\, as well as degrees in History and Socio
 logy from the Université Lyon II\, and has published extensively on Africa
 n educational policy and systems\, gender and power in Africa\, and family
  and social institutions in Africa. 
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SUMMARY:Maxwell African Scholars Union presents: N’Dri T. Assié-Lumumba
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Maxwell African Scholars Union Presents N’Dri 
 T. Assié-Lumumba on<br>Gender\, Higher Education and Human Resource Develo
 pment in Africa: Past Policies and Implications of the New Strategic Plann
 ing<br><br>Human capital theory guided the national development planning p
 olicies of African countries from the beginning of the post-colonial perio
 d. This period has been also characterized by unequal educational opportun
 ity along gender lines\, especially at higher education level. While most 
 of the institutions of higher learning built after independence are predom
 inantly public\, the current higher education landscape is characterized b
 y the increased presence of private institutions. These private institutio
 ns\, especially the secular establishments\, tend to enroll larger numbers
  of female students than their public counterparts. After several decades 
 of neglect\, African states are returning to strategic planning and have a
 dopted national long-term visions. The emerging issues to be discussed inc
 lude the dynamics in the interface of the gendered distribution of higher 
 education and the priority areas in national economic and human resource d
 evelopment planning and the implications for the labor market and gender e
 quality.<br><br>N'Dri T. Assié-Lumumba is Professor of Africana Studies wi
 th the Africana Studies and Research Center of Cornell University. She has
  been a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science since 2006 and was 
 this year elected to the Presidency of the Comparative and International E
 ducation Society (CIES). She holds the doctorate in Comparative Education\
 , Economics and Sociology of Education from the University of Chicago\, as
  well as degrees in History and Sociology from the Université Lyon II\, an
 d has published extensively on African educational policy and systems\, ge
 nder and power in Africa\, and family and social institutions in Africa. <
 br><br>
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