Acknowledgments; Summary; Introduction; 1. The Absence of Balanced National Higher Education and Research Sector Policies that are Financially-sustainable over the Medium-term; 2. Establishing and Directing Medium and Long-Term Policies: From the Introduction of a Management System to the Definition of Stakeholder Responsibilities; 3. Improving the Management and Planning of the Higher Education and Research Systems: The Main Tools for Establishing Financially sustainable Higher Education Policies; 4. Conclusion.
0
For more than a decade, higher education and research in the French-speaking countries of Africa has been in a state of severe crisis, stemming from an increasing disparity between available resources and the requirements vital to providing high-quality education. This paper seeks to: 1) highlight the factors which have led to the development of this situation in most countries; 2) identify the conditions for creating a framework for regulating financially-sustainable higher education and research systems; and 3) identify ways of increasing funding for this sector as well as maintaining its qu.