African universities are facing challenges that no single institution can solve alone.
From financing and AI to research, mobility, academic freedom and relationships with governments and industry, many of the issues facing higher education now cut across institutional and national boundaries.
In a new article for University World News, Dr Birgit Schreiber argues that our leadership models need to catch up.
The article asks what happens when system-level problems continue to be met with institution-level leadership. It considers why African university leaders increasingly need to work across boundaries, build coalitions, share authority and create the conditions for collective intelligence to emerge.
It is a thought-provoking argument about what leadership in African higher education needs to become, and why the shift matters now.
Read the full article: https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20260929082239592
