Browsing by Subject "North-West University"
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Assessing key reputation drivers among staff members of the North-West University
(North-West University (South Africa), 2023)The higher education sector (HES) in South Africa has been faced with two-plus decades of transformation in an attempt to redress the social injustices of the country’s past (Webbstock & Fisher, 2016:18; Teferra & Altbach, ... -
The best interest of the child: a United States and South African perspective
(SUN MeDIA, 2010)This article examines the different approaches taken in the United States (U.S.) and South Africa with regard to the best interests of students/learners.¹The U.S. has a tradition of invoking a best interest standard for ... -
Colour-blind attitudes of students at the North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus
(AOSIS, 2021)Background: Colour-blind attitudes deny racial dynamics and can lead to resistance to transformation because there seems to be no need for it. This study investigated these attitudes amongst students at a university ... -
Community members' perceptions of higher education institutions' community engagement projects : the case of the WIN platform of the North-West University
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019)The research study falls under an umbrella study of the Wellbeing Innovation (WIN) platform which is led by the Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR) of the North-West University. In a five phased ... -
Development of ODL in a newly industrialized country according to face-to-face contact, ICT, and e-readiness
(Athabasca University Press, 2013)A large number of unqualified and under-qualified in-service teachers are holding back socio-economical development in South Africa, a newly industrialized country. Open and distance learning (ODL) provides an innovative ... -
The establishment of the NWU: a journalistic history
(North-West University (South Africa), 2016)The establishment of the NWU: a journalistic history is an inter-disciplinary study incorporating journalism and historiography. The background to this study as it evolved from an initial corporate history-writing project ... -
Furthering national values through religion in public schools: comparing the United States, Australia and South Africa
(SUN MeDIA, 2010)Changing support, rejection or indifference to religion has shaped the relationship between government and religion in the United States, Australia and South Africa. The place of religion as moulder of national values in ... -
Host suitability of selected South African maize genotypes to the root-knot nematode species Meloidogyne incognita race 2 and Meloidogynejavanica: a preliminary study
(Scientific Publishing (NISC), 2011)Thirty-one commercial maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids and open-pollinated varieties (OPV's) were screened in separate greenhouse trials with a resistant inbred line MP712W as reference genotype for host suitability to Meloidogyne ... -
The impact of multiculturalism at work on job satisfaction and organisational commitment in a tertiary institution
(2013)This dissertation looks at the existence of multiculturalism within the North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus after the merger. It also assesses the extent to which there is organisational commitment and job ... -
In search of a merged identity: the case of multi-campus North-West University, South Africa
(2008)South Africa’s post–apartheid governments have taken far–reaching policy measures to transform the system of higher education, do away with its strongly segregated character, and develop an efficient and internationally ...