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Year of publication: 2013 Kagisano No. 8 Academic Freedom CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919856-83-4 Kagisano No. 9 The Aims of Higher Education CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919856-84-1 Second draft: A Framework for Qualification Standards in Higher Education CHE document Year of publication: 2012 A Framework for Qualification Standards in Higher Education: Summary of submissions received and CHE responses CHE document Comment on the Green Paper for Post-School Education and Training CHE document Council on Higher Education: Annual Report 2011-2012 CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919856-86-5 DHET - Distance Education - Call for Comment - Government Gazette 35391 - 29 May 2012 Other publication DHET Draft Policy Framework on Distance Education in South African Universities May 2012 Other publication DHET Green Paper for Post-School Education and Training Other publication DHET Media Statement Provision of Distance Education in South African Universities 29 May 2012 Other publication Enhancing the quality of teaching and learning: Using student engagement data to establish a culture of evidence CHE publication - J F Strydom, N Basson and M Mentz - ISBN: 978-1-919856-85-8 Higher Education Monitor 13: Teaching Excellence Awards in South Africa - A national study CHE publication - Brenda Leibowitz, Jean Farmer and Megan Franklin Submission on the Higher Education and Training Laws Amendment Bill to the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training CHE document The CHE signs an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) CHE document The Council on Higher Education – Lesotho CHE publication Vital Stats Public Higher Education 2010 CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919856-88-9 Year of publication: 2011 A Framework for Qualification Standards in Higher Education CHE document Advice to the Minister of Higher Education and Training on the Establishment of New Universities in Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape December CHE document Council on Higher Education: Annual Report 2010-2011 CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919856-82-7 Discussion document on the HEQF review CHE document Framework for the Second Cycle of Quality Assurance 2012 - 2017 CHE document Higher Education Monitor 12: Work-Integrated Learning: Good Practice Guide CHE publication Joint DHET-CHE communique: The implementation of the new policy on teacher education qualifications CHE document National Qualifications Framework Act, General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act, Higher Education Act and Skills Development Act South African government document - Government Gazette: Vol. 558 - No. 34883 Year of publication: 2010 Communique No 1: The Functions of the Council on Higher Education as a Quality Council: Higher Education Qualifications Framework (HEQF) CHE document Communique No 4: Joint communique on the implementation of the Higher Education Qualifications Framework CHE document Community Engagement in South African Higher Education CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919856-74-2 Council on Higher Education: Annual Report 2009-2010 CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919856-80-3 Higher Education Monitor 10: Teaching Learning and beyond Formal Access CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919856-77-3 Higher Education Monitor 11: Report on the National Review of Academic and Professional Programmes in Education CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919856-78-0 Higher Education Monitor: Access and throughput in South African Higher Education - Three case studies CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919856-75-9 South African Survey of Student Engagement (SASSE) - Focusing the Student Experience on Success through Student Engagement CHE publication - J F Strydom and M Mentz - ISBN: 978-1-919856-79-7 Universities of Technology - Deepening the Debate CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919856-76-6 Year of publication: 2009 Accreditation Evaluators' Guide CHE document Communique No 3: Joint communique on the implementation of the Higher Education Qualifications Framework CHE document Council on Higher Education: Annual Report 2008-2009 CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919856-72-8 External Evaluation Report of the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) of the Council on Higher Education, South Africa CHE document Higher Education Monitor: Postgraduate studies in South Africa - a statistical profile CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919856-71-1 Offline Application: New / Additional Site of Delivery or Extension of Programme Offering CHE document Postgraduate Studies in South Africa: A Statistical Profile CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919856-70-4 Report of the Council on Higher Education's Consultative Conference, 2009 CHE publication The response of the Council on Higher Education to the report of the Ministerial Committee on Transformation and Social Cohesion and the Elimination of Discrimination in Public Higher Education Institutions CHE publication The State of Higher Education Report: Higher Education Monitor 8 CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919856-73-5 Year of publication: 2008 Communique No 1: Joint communique on the implementation of the Higher Education Qualifications Framework CHE document Communique No 2: Joint communique on the implementation of the Higher Education Qualifications Framework CHE document Conference declaration - Institutional Cultures and Higher Education Leadership Other publication Council on Higher Education Annual Report: 2007 - 2008 CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919856-68-1 Frequently Asked Questions on the Higher Education Qualifications Framework (HEQF): Joint FAQs by DoE, SAQA and CHE South African government document - Department of Education, South African Qualifications Authority, Council on Higher Education Guidelines for programme re-accreditation CHE document HEQC Framework for Delegated Functions CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919856-69-8 Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) self-review report CHE document National Qualifications Framework Act 67 of 2008 South African government document National Qualifications Framework Bill, Higher Education Amendment Bill, and General and Further Education Quality Assurance Amendment Bill South African government document - Government Gazette: Vol. 512 - No. 30778 Nominations for Higher Education Quality Committee Board CHE document Report of the independent task team on Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom (HEIAAF): Academic Freedom, Institutional Autonomy and Public Accountability in South African Higher Education CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919856-67-4 Service-Learning in the Disciplines: Lessons from the Field CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919856-66-7 Site Visit - Preparation Manual for Institutions CHE document Site visit manual for evaluator panels CHE document Year of publication: 2007 Autonomy as a Social Compact CHE publication - Andre du Toit - ISBN: 1-919856-58-7 Case studies on dealing with "pipeline students" within their respective institutions CHE document - Nthabiseng Ogude, Engela van Staden, Chandru Kistan, Rhonda Hawkins, Nigel Bond, Geoff Scott, Rosalie Finlayson, Malcolm Wallis Council on Higher Education Annual Report: 2006 - 2007 CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919586-63-6 Enhancing the Efficacy and Efficiency of the National Qualifications Framework South African government document HEQC Evaluative Study of Institutional Audits 2006 CHE publication - Sharman Wickham, Gonda Coetzee, Barbara Jones, Anthea Metcalfe HEQC Institutional Audits Manual 2007 CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919586-58-7 Higher Education Monitor: A Case for Improving Teaching and Learning in South African Higher Education CHE publication - Ian Scott, Nan Yeld, Jane Hendry - ISBN: 978-1-919586-62-9 Review of Higher Education in South Africa CHE publication - ISBN: 978-1-919586-61-2 The Higher Education Qualifications Framework (HEQF) South African government document Year of publication: 2006 A Good Practice Guide and Self-evaluation Instruments for Managing the Quality of Service-Learning CHE publication - ISBN: 1-919586-56-0 Academic Freedom, Institutional Autonomy and Public Accountability in Higher Education: a Framework for Analysis of the 'State-Sector' Relationship in a Democratic South Africa CHE publication - Ruth Jonathan Academic Freedom, Institutional Autonomy and the Corporatised University in Contemporary South Africa CHE publication - Kristina Bentley, Adam Habib, Sean Morrow - ISBN: 1-919586-60-9 CHE Annual Report: 2005 - 2006 CHE publication - ISBN: 1-919586-55-2 Community Engagement in Higher Education - Proceedings of the Conference hosted by the Higher Education Quality Committee of the Council on Higher Education and the Community - Higher Education - Service Partnerships Initiative of JET Education Services CHE document Eternal (and Internal) Tensions? Conceptualising Public Accountability in South African Higher Education CHE publication - Steven Friedman, Omano Edigheji - ISBN: 1-919856-59-5 Higher Education Monitor: ICTs and the South African Higher Education Landscape CHE publication - ISBN: 1-919586-55-2 Higher Education Monitor: The impact of changing funding sources of Higher Education Institutions in South Africa CHE publication - Gert Steyn, Pierre de Villiers - ISBN: 1-919586-50-1 Kagisano Issue Number 4: Ten years of Higher Education under Democracy CHE publication - ISBN: 1-919586-52-8 Kagisano Issue Number 5: Universities of technology CHE publication - ISBN: 1-919586-53-6 Service-Learning in the Curriculum: A Resource for Higher Education Institutions CHE publication - C J Gerda Bender, Priscilla Daniels, Josef Lazarus, Luzelle Naude, Kalawathie Sattar - ISBN: 1-919586-57-9 Year of publication: 2005 A Good Practice Guide for Quality Management of Research CHE publication - ISBN: 1-919586-47-1 Annual Report of the Council on Higher Education 2004/2005 CHE publication - ISBN: 1-919586-49-8 Higher Education Monitor: South African Higher Education Responses to Students with Disabilities CHE publication - Colleen Howell - ISBN: 1-919586-48-X Promotion of Access to Information - Manual and Form South African government document Towards a Framework for Quality Promotion and Capacity Development in South African Higher Education CHE publication - ISBN: 1-919586-51-X Year of publication: 2004 Accra Declaration on GATS and the Internationalization of Higher Education in Africa Other publication Annual Report of the Council on Higher Education 2003/2004 CHE publication Considerations on the Designation and Nomenclature of Higher Education Institutions CHE publication - Erica Gillard - ISBN: 1-919586-47-1 Criteria for Institutional Audits CHE publication - ISBN: 1-919586-37-4 Criteria for Programme Accreditation CHE publication - ISBN: 1-919586-42-0 Enhancing the contribution of Distance Higher Education in South Africa CHE publication - ISBN: 1-919586-38-2 First Bibliography on the General Agreement on Trade and Services (GATS) and Higher Education CHE document Framework for Institutional Audits CHE publication - ISBN: 1-919586-36-6 Framework for Programme Accreditation CHE publication - ISBN: 1-919586-43-9 Higher Education and Social Transformation - South Africa Case Study CHE document - Dr Thiven Reddy Higher Education Monitor - The State of the Provision of the MBA in South Africa CHE publication - ISBN: 1-919586-40-4 Higher Education Qualifications Framework: Draft for Discussion South African government document - Ministry of Education Improving Teaching & Learning (ITL) Resources CHE publication Policy Advice Report: Advice to the Minister of Education on Aspects of Distance Education Provision in South African Higher Education CHE document Report on the Colloquium on 10 years of Democracy and Higher Education Change CHE document - Erica Gillard Report on the consultative HEQC meeting on MoUs CHE document South African Higher Education in the First Decade of Democracy CHE publication - ISBN: 1-919586-41-2 The Governance of Merger in South African Higher Education CHE publication - ISBN: 1-919586-39-0 Towards A Framework for the Monitoring and Evaluation of South African Higher Education CHE publication - ISBN: 1-919586-35-8 Year of publication: 2003 Annual Report of the Council on Higher Education 2002/2003 CHE publication - ISBN: 0-621-34432-X Council on Higher Education Comment and Advice to the Minister of Education on the NQF Consultative Document: An Interdependent National Qualifications Framework System CHE document Directory of ETQAs and Professional Bodies CHE publication - ISBN: 1-919586-34-X Kagisano Issue Number 2 CHE publication Kagisano Issue Number 3 CHE publication MBA Re-accreditation Manual CHE document Proposed criteria for the HEQC's first cycle of audits: 2004-2009 CHE document Year of publication: 2002 Annual Report of the Council on Higher Education 2001-2002 CHE publication Governance in South African Higher Education Research Report CHE publication - Martin Hall, Ashley Symes, Thierry M Luescher - ISBN: 1-919586-30-7 HEQC: Programme Accreditation Framework CHE document HEQC: Programme Audit Framework CHE document Policy Report: Promoting Good Governance in South African Higher Education CHE publication - ISBN: 1-919586-29-3 Proceedings of the Colloquium on Building Relationships between Higher Education and the Private and Public Sectors CHE publication - ISBN: 1-919856-33-1 Year of publication: 2001 A framework for improving teaching and learning project CHE document Annual Report of the Council on Higher Education 2000/2001 CHE publication - ISBN: 0-621-31587-7 Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) Founding Document CHE publication Year of publication: 2000 An Evaluation of SERTEC and the Quality Promotion Unit CHE publication - Jairam Reddy, Narend Baijnath, John Brennan, Magda Fourie, Ethney Genis, - ISBN: 1-919586-01-3 Annual Report of the Council on Higher Education 1999/2000 CHE publication - ISBN: 919856-03-X Policy Report: Towards a New Higher Education Landscape: Meeting the Equity, Quality and Social Development Imperatives of South Africa in the Twenty-first Century CHE document Year of publication: 1999 Annual Report of the Council on Higher Education 1998/1999 CHE publication - ISBN: 0-620-25030-5 Year of publication: 1997 Education White Paper 3: A Programme for the Transformation of Higher Education South African government document Higher Education Act 101 of 1997 South African government document