Liberia
Three Fully Accredited Universities in Liberia, Five Seeking Accreditation
According to a statement from the National Commission on Higher Education in December of last year, there are three fully accredited institutions in the country: Cuttington University, University of Liberia, and William V. S. Tubman Technical College.
In addition, five institutions have been granted permission to operate while seeking accreditation: African Methodist Episcopal University, African Methodist Episcopal Zion University College, Liberia Theological Seminary, Stella Maris Polytechnic, and United Methodist University.
Sixteen universities were shuttered by the commission because they did not meet ministry-set guidelines: All Charismatic Theological Seminary, Berea Theological Seminary, C. C. Pennoh Community College on Gurley Street, Christopolis University, Evangel Christian University, Global University, John Evangelical Seminary, Liberia College of Professional Studies, Liberia College of Technology, Liberia University College, Liberty Theological Seminary, Lloyd Faulkner Theological Seminary, Monrovia University, St. Clement University, St. Martin College of Career Development, Vision International University, and Bible College.
The Commission also announced that online institutions claiming to operate from the country were also not valid, including but not limited to: Adam Smith University, Brendan University, Concordia University, Evangel Christian University, Global University, James Monroe University, St. Clement University, St. Luke School of Medicine, Virtual University.
- National Commission on Higher Education
December 2006
Nigeria
New University to Begin Classes in September
Salem University in Kogi State will begin classes with the new academic year in September after receiving a provisional license from the National Universities Commission (NUC) in May of last year. The new institution will offer 29 programs in three departments.
- This Day
January 30, 2008
Uganda
Makerere University Halts Mature Student Entry Program
More than 130 students have had their degrees cancelled by Makerere University after an investigation found that a government scheme to boost mature student numbers had been abused. New Vision reports that the university suspended an assistant academic registrar and a secretary, and closed its mature-entry program. The scheme allowed more than 1,500 students to be admitted every year in both government and private sponsorships. But in January 2007 the university set up a committee to probe reports that students with no qualifications had been admitted through the program.
- New Vision
January 11, 2008
Zimbabwe
Government Orders all Public Universities to Close
All state universities in Zimbabwe were ordered to close and remain so until after parliamentary and presidential elections in late March, according to university and education officials quoted by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
According to Promise Mkwananzi, a former president of the Zimbabwe National Students Union, President Robert Mugabe is worried that students might hold demonstrations if they considered the results to have been rigged. The once-revered university system in Zimbabwe has suffered greatly under the Mugabe regime, and today faces a massive exodus of faculty and students as economic and political pressures continue to cripple the system.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education told university leaders to keep their campuses closed two weeks before they were scheduled to open in mid February following the winter break.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
February 1, 2008
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