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Latest publications by African Minds

The goal of the book Perspectives on Student Affairs in South Africa 
is to generate interest in student affairs in South Africa. The 
chapters contained herein are based on best practice, local 
experience and well-researched international and local theories. 
The chapters deal with matters pertaining to international and 
national trends in student affairs: academic development, access 
and retention, counselling, and material support for students 
coming from disadvantaged backgrounds. They are linked to 
national and international developments, as described in the first 
two chapters.

This publication will assist both young and experienced practitioners as they grow into 
their task of developing the students entrusted to them. All contributors are South Africans 
with a great deal of experience in student affairs, and all are committed to the advancement 
of student affairs in South Africa. The editors are former heads of student affairs portfolios 
at two leading South African universities.

Perspectives on Student Affairs in South Africa is edited by M. Speckman and M. Mandew and 
was published in May 2014 by African Minds. It is available in print from the publisher’s 
website www.africanminds.org.za at R150. The full PDF can be downloaded free of charge 
from the same site.

Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions  
in African Higher Education 
Edited by Nico Cloete, Peter Maassen & Tracy Bailey, 2015.

“This volume brings together excellent scholarship and 
innovative policy discussion to demonstrate the essential role 
of higher education in the development of Africa and of the 
world at large. Based on deep knowledge of the university system 
in several African countries, this book will reshape the debate 
on development in the global information economy for years 

to come. It should be mandatory reading for academics, policy-makers and concerned 
citizens, in Africa and elsewhere.” – Manuel Castells, Professor Emeritus, University of 
California at Berkeley.

It is available in print from the publisher’s website www.africanminds.org.za at R200. 
The full PDF can be downloaded free of charge from the same site.