Wondwosen Tamrat, PhD (Higher Education), is Associate Professor at St. Mary’s University in Ethiopia. He has published many articles and books on Ethiopian and African higher education, including The Evolving Quality Assurance System in Ethiopia (2012), The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Internationalization of Higher Education in the Global South (co-editor, 2021) and The Private Provision of Higher Education in Africa (forthcoming).

• PrefaceSeries Editors’ PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of AcronymsAbout the AuthorsIntroductionPART 1: Access and Equity1 Linking Female Students’ Access to Success2 Gender Parity and the Leaking Pipeline3 Disability in Higher Education: From Policy to Practice4 Responding to the Needs of Eritrean Refugees in Ethiopia5 A New Refugee Law: Implications for Higher Education6 Closing the Gender Gap in Higher Education Leadership7 Perpetuating Inequity Despite Higher Education ExpansionPART 2: HE Governance and Management8 Government-University Relations: A Troubled Marriage9 The Shifting Sands of University Management in Ethiopia10 Do Students Have a Say in University Governance?11 University Boards: Visibility, Efficiency and Accountability12 Towards More Achievable University Vision Statements13 What Next for a Partially Differentiated Higher Education System?PART 3: University Systems and Resources14 HE Financing Reforms – Intentions and Realities15 Challenges of Ensuring Quality Education16 Towards a Uniform System of Academic Promotion17 Imperatives for a Functioning Information System at HEI s18 University Resources: Imperatives for Efficient Utilization19 Unlocking the Potential of ICT in Higher EducationPART 4: Private Higher Education and Privatization20 Emerging Contours of African Private Higher Education21 Unusual in Growth and Composition: Ethiopian Private HigherEducation22 Family Owned PHEI s in Africa23 African Private Higher Education: Progressive Policies and AmbivalentStances24 Overcoming the Public-Private Divide in HE Law25 Perils of Unregulated Privatization in Public Universities26 Improving the Knowledge Base on Private Higher EducationPART 5: Quality Assurance in Higher Education27 Towards a Diversified System of Quality Assurance28 Beyond the Establishment of Quality Assurance Agencies29 Internal Quality Assurance: Key to Maintaining Quality30 From Gate Keepers to Gate Crashers: Corruption among UniversityFaculty31 The Scourge of Unscrupulous Private HE Institutions32 Academic Credential Fraud: In Search of Lasting SolutionsPART 6: Internationalization of Higher Education33 Disparities and Parallels in Internationalization: The EthiopianExperience34 Medical Education and the Ethiopian Exodus of Talent35 Foreign HE Outposts: Navigating Risks and Opportunities36 Foreign Qualification and Credential Evaluation37 Cross-Border Higher Education: Regulating the Benefits andRisks38 The Challenges of Attracting and Retaining Foreign Faculty39 Internationalization Now a Deliberate UndertakingPART 7: Research and Outreach40 Towards a More Productive and Aligned Research System41 Catalyzing R&D: The Need for More Government Funding42 The Meager Output of Ethiopian PhDs43 Increasing the Visibility of Local Journals44 Towards a National System of Journal Accreditation45 Re-Engaging with Community Service in Universities46 University-Industry Ties: The Need for Good ManagementPART 8: The Link between TVET and Higher Education47 When TVET Fails to Provide the Answers48 Universities vs TVET: Are Attitudes the Problem?49 Applied Universities: A Viable Path to Higher Education50 The TVET Sector’s Challenge to Recruit, Retain CompetentTrainers51 Gains and Challenges for Women in the TVET SectorPART 9: Graduate Employability52 Education and the Workplace: Addressing the Yawning Gap53 Graduate Employability: Whose Responsibility?54 Producing Work-Ready Graduates Requires Strong Partnerships55 Job Creation Plan: What Role for Higher Education?56 Employment Gender Gap also a Higher Education Issue57 Students Face Challenges on Route to Self-Employment58 Advancing Employability through a Labor Market InformationSystemPART 10: COVID-19 and Its Impact on Higher Education59 COVID-19 Threat to Higher Education: Africa’s Challenges, Responses,and Apprehensions60 COVID-19 – Private Higher Education Faces Precarious Future61 The Shift to Online Learning Calls for Global Cooperation62 Stemming the Impact of COVID-19 on Employment63 Defying the Notion of the Ivory Tower in the Aftermath ofCOVID-19References