Teboho Moja
Clinical Professor of Higher Education
Phone: 998-5589
Email: teboho.moja@nyu.edu
Teboho Moja has authored articles on higher education reform issues in areas such as the governance of higher education, policy processes, and impact of globalization on higher education. She is a co-author of a forthcoming book on educational change in South Africa since the first democratic elections in 1994. Her teaching experience includes high school and university levels. Moja has held key positions at several South African universities including being appointed chair of the Board of Trustees to the largest university in South Africa, the University of South Africa. She was instrumental in setting up the Center for Higher Education Transformation (CHET) in South Africa to monitor and stimulate debates on change issues. Serves on the boards international bodies such as the UNESCO-Institute for international Education Planning and the World Education Market. Her course topics include Current Research in Higher Education, International Perspectives on reform, and Globalization and Higher Education. She has been a policy researcher and policy analyst for higher education in South Africa. She was appointed the Executive Director and Commissioner to the National Commission on Higher Education appointed by President Mandela. The Commission produced a national report that provided a framework for higher education reform in South Africa. Before coming to NYU, Teboho Moja served as a Special Advisor to the Minister of Education.
Degrees Held
- B.A./B.Ed.
University of the North
- Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin
- M.Ed.
University of Witwatersrand
Publications
- Transformation of Higher Education: Global Pressures and Local Realities in South Africa (joint editorship)April 2002. Juta/Maskey Miller Publishers (South Africa) and Kluver (hardcover version in Europe) Leadership In Higher Education (chapter in the abo
Courses
- E95.2072 International Perspectives on Educational Reform
- E98.3109 Globalization and Higher Education Reform
Editorial Boards
- Journal of Higher Education in Africa, Advisory Board Member
- South African Journal of Higher Education, Advisory Board Member
- Review of Higher Education, Consulting Editor
- Journal of Higher Education, Editorial Board Member
Research Interests
Higher Education Policy Research Comparative Higher Education African Higher Education Globalization and Higher Education Reform