In addition to the published documents outlined below, the National Working Group had access to a range of background documents prepared by the secretariat on trends in higher education, including the financial status of universities and technikons.
Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS) (2000). Thinking about Institutional Landscape in South African Higher Education: An International Comparative Perspective on Institutional Differentiation and Restructuring. Report commissioned by the Council on Higher Education.
Council on Higher Education (CHE) (2000). Towards a New Higher Education Landscape: Meeting the Equity, Quality and Social Development Imperatives of South Africa in the 21st Century. Pretoria.
Council on Higher Education Annual Report: 1999/2000
Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology (1998). White Paper on Science and Technology. Pretoria.
Department of Education (1996). Green Paper on Higher Education Transformation.
Pretoria Department of Education (1997). Education White Paper 3: A Programme for the Transformation of Higher Education.
Pretoria Department of Education (1998). National and Institutional Planning Framework for the Higher Education System.
Pretoria Department of Education (1999). Higher Education Institutional Plans: An Overview of the First Planning Phase 1999/2001. Pretoria.
Department of Education (1999). Higher Education Institutional Plans: Guidelines for the Second Planning Phase 2000/2001. Pretoria.
Department of Education (1999). Summary of Three-Year Rolling Plans 2000-2002. Pretoria.
Department of Education (2000). Analysis of Institutional and Stakeholders Responses to the ‘Size and Shape’ Report of the Council on Higher Education. Pretoria.
Department of Education (2001). National Plan for Higher Education. Pretoria.
Department of Education (2001). Guidelines for Institutional Submissions of Proposed Teaching/Research Niche Areas and Programme Mix for 2002-2006. Pretoria.
Department of Education (2001). Funding of Higher Education: A New Framework – Discussion Document. Pretoria.
Department of Education and Department of Labour (2001). Human Resource Development Strategy for South Africa. Pretoria.
Gibbon, T. and Parekh, A (2001). Uncommon Wisdom: Making Co-operation Work for South African Higher Education. Centre for Higher Education Transformation, Pretoria.
Government Gazette Notice, No 19501: Investigation of the situation at the University of Transkei by the Independent Assessor; Advocate TL Skweyiya; 20 November 1998.
Government Gazette, No 19842: Report of the Independent Assessor to the Minister of Education to investigate the affairs at the University of Forth Hare, Prof. SJ Saunders; 12 March 1999.
Government Gazette, No 19239: Investigation of the Situation at the Vaal Triangle by the Independent Assessor; Prof. JJF Durand; 11September 1999.
Government Gazette, No 20485: Report of the Independent Assessor to the Minister of Education on Mangosuthu Technikon, Prof. JJF Durand; 17 September 1999.
Government Gazette, No 21654: Investigation into the affairs of the University of the North by the Independent Assessor; Prof. Thandabantu Nhlapo; 16 October 2000. Habib, A. (2000).
Structural Disadvantage, Leadership Ineptitude and Stakeholder Complicity: A Study of the Institutional Crisis of the University of Transkei. Centre for Higher Education Transformation, Pretoria.
Higher Education Act of the Republic of South Africa, No. 101 of 1997.
Higher Education Amendment Act of the Republic of South Africa, No 55 of 1999.
Higher Education Amendment Act of the Republic of South Africa, No 54 of 2000. Kelly, M.J. (2000) African Universities and HIV/AIDS.
Paper presented at the South African Universities Vice Chancellors Association Workshop, Johannesburg.
National Commission on Higher Education (NCHE) (1996). A Framework for Transformation. Pretoria. National Student Financial Aid Scheme Act, No 56 of 1999.
South African Universities’ Vice Chancellors Association (2000). Exploring an Effective Response to HIV/AIDS in the University Sector: Issues and Challenges. Johannesburg.