A Sociological Investigation of Humanistic Values and Democratic Tolerance in Higher Education: A View from South Africa

Abstract

The paper focuses on efforts by student movements, university administrations, and university teachers' unions to formulate policy programmes and practices. It explores various aspects of the nation's current transformation process as it affects the tertiary educational sector especially in such aspects of experience as racism, expartriatism and democratic governance. It argues for the need to usher in an effective learning and teaching culture, based on democratic and humanistic values that are geared towards the reconstruction and development of the post-apartheid South Africa.


(The Journal of Cultural Studies: 2001 3(1): 124-137)