South African higher education before and after 1994 : a policy analysis perspective -- Academic development in South Africa higher education -- Universities and public goods : in defence of democratic deliberation, compassionate imagining and cosmopolitan justice -- Some current curriculum issues in South African higher education -- Towards integrated assessment in South African higher education -- Improvement-oriented evaluation of undergraduate science programmes and the quality of student learning -- Universities as organisations or institutions? The culture debate and one institution -- Institutional governance in SA higher education : for the common good or political power-play? -- Research within the context of community engagement -- Higher education studies and research in South Africa : perspectives on gaining authority and power.