About the Journal

The African Journal of Higher Education Community Engagement (AJHECE) focuses on Community Engagement (CE) as a core function of higher education and an emerging discipline.  In comparison to teaching, learning and research in higher education, community engagement is a recently introduced and less-known core function of higher education in South Africa and other parts of the African continent. CE aims to advance the developmental role of higher education institutions, intended to contribute to community development and inculcate civic and social responsibilities in students. For the continent of Africa, the engagement of higher education institutions with communities is imperative if we are to address and challenge the problems of social injustice, poverty, corruption, unemployment, environmental degradation and epistemic injustice as examples of some of the almost insurmountable struggles confronting Africa. Please visit the About the Journal page for more information about the journal.

Current Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2024): African Journal of Higher Education Community Engagement
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Published: 2024-12-11

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Preliminary Pages

  • Preliminary pages

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/g5aq7v45

Editorial

  • Editorial Towards relational ways of learning, knowing, and being in African universities

    Margie Maistry, Claire McCann
    i-viii
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/3wcy3m96

Articles

  • Reflections on an engaged research approach to understanding patient record-keeping systems in a local clinic in Makhanda

    Kirsten Kingwill, Andrew Todd, Jonathan Davy, Siphosethu Pama
    1-25
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/ajhece.v1i2.2497

  • Overcoming Community Engagement Hurdles in South Africa's Private Higher Education

    Flip Schutte
    26-41
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/ajhece.v1i2.2498

  • Re-imagining engaged scholarship in South Africa a transdisciplinary perspective

    Christopher J. Burman
    50-74
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/ajhece.v1i2.2499

  • Exploring the synergies between intervention research and engaged research in South Africa

    Jenita Chiba
    75-98
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/ajhece.v1i2.2495

  • On the Makhanda Education Summit a community convening for development

    Sisesakhe Ntlabezo, Ashley Westaway
    106-123
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/ajhece.v1i2.2493

Thought Pieces

  • Introducing Community Engagement through Hospitality

    Darren Lortan
    42-49
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/ajhece.v1i2.2516

  • The Global South to the front critical questions from two South-South dialogues on community engagement

    Matías G. Flores
    99-105
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21504/ajhece.v1i2.2517
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