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Courses

International Perspectives on Educational Reform
AMLT-GE 2072.099 • 3 points

Independent Study
AMLT-GE 2300.099 • 3 points

The courses offer students the opportunity to integrate their professional development with personal experience. Students focus on a variety of issues related to social reform while engaging in guided research and field projects.

Faculty

Professor 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 recently published book on the reform of higher education in South Africa entitled "Transformation in Higher Education - Global Pressures and Local Realities." 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.