The Challenge of Change in Africa's Higher Education in the 21st Century
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Chapter 1:  Africa's 21st-Century Renaissance in Higher Education: The Need for Strategic Planning
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  • Curriculum committees: On the undergraduate, graduate (Master of Business Administration), and departmental levels, curriculum committees are responsible for both developing curriculum proposals and reviewing proposals from departments that are designed to enhance the achievement of program learning goals and objectives.
  • Assessment committees: Under the umbrella of the SPC, these committees develop assessment criteria for established learning objectives and report regularly on the results of assessment processes to both the curriculum review committees and the SPC. Their input should provide guidance for changes and adjustments in either the program learning goals and course objectives or the overall curriculum.

    • In concluding the discussion on the model (figure 1.1), we ought to reemphasize the point that the business school's strategic plan provides the vision that guides its future development. The strategic plan should provide carefully considered goals and objectives for the college as a whole, its individual academic programs, and its tripartite mission of research, instruction, and service. It should identify changes within the college necessary to reach these objectives—as identified in the SWOT analysis. The strategic planning process should extend beyond faculty and administrators and include staff, students, alumni, and the business community. Necessarily, the strategic plan should be reviewed and reconceptualized for continuous improvement.

    Who Should Influence A Typical African University's
    Strategic Plan?

    In figure 1.2 we present what hopefully is a self-explanatory map of who should be involved in influencing the mission, strategic plan, and student learning goals at VFU and other typical universities in Africa. The