Date
2016
Dewey
Enseignement supérieur
Sujet
Affirmative action; higher education; sociology; Sudan
Journal issue
Comparative Education Review
Volume
60
Number
2
Publication date
2016
Article pages
375-402
Publisher
Comparative and International Education Society
Author
Tenret, Elise
status unknown
Type
Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Abstract (EN)
Although characterized by repeated ethnic conflicts, Sudan has implemented affirmative action at universities since the 1970s for students coming from war zones and remote areas. The implementation of compensatory measures has been promoted—somehow imposed—by the several peace treaties and by the massive expansion of higher education during the 1990s. The former have led to the creation of “special admission,” mainly for students coming from conflict zones; the latter has led to the creation of “state admissions,” which favor local recruitment for the newly created universities. However, those measures have proved inefficient for several reasons: first, the lack of consistency of the policy; second, the lack of political will; third, the lack of monitoring. The wider context—the liberalization of higher education and the independence of South Sudan— has also contributed to diminishing the scope of the policy.