3 The Ashby Commission, Regionalism, and University Education in the 1960s

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Table of Contents vii
3. List of Abbreviations xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. The Politics of Colonial Education 17
7. Towards Educational Reform: The Cold War, Decolonization, and the Carnegie Corporation, 1952–60 37
8. The Ashby Commission, Regionalism, and University Education in the 1960s 69
9. Centralization of Universities and National Integration, 1970–79: The Legacy of the Nigerian Civil War 103
10. The Second Republic and the Burden of Expansion, 1979–83: Free Education, Science and Technology, and the Quota System 135
11. Rationalization Policy: The IMF/World Bank and Structural Adjustment Program, 1984–90 159
12. Crisis of Nationhood: Funding Issues, Socio-Political Instability, and Private University Education, 1990–2000 185
13. Conclusion 211
14. Notes 225
15. Bibliography 265
16. Index 287