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International resonances of the #FeesMustFall movement in South African universities, 2015–2017

Douglas Blackmur

Agenda: a journal of policy analysis and reform2021https://doi.org/10.22459/ag.28.01.2021.02article
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Abstract

The FeesMustFall confrontation in the South African higher education system between 2015 and 2017 revealed a wide range of shortcomings and failures on the part of all participants including students. Violence proved an effective instrument in a constitutional democracy to change public policy. The urgency of addressing the cost/revenue imbalances in the higher education system was exposed. The FeesMustFall crisis revealed various tensions and pressures in higher education that may be of considerable relevance globally. This article explores the resonances in contemporary international university reform debates of the issues raised between 2015 and 2017 in the often-violent FeesMustFall (FMF) movement's challenges to the fundamental values, purposes, governance, operations and financing of South African universities. Such challenges continue sporadically to the present. There is a considerable literature on the actions and consequences of FMF.

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@article{douglas2021,
  title        = {{International resonances of the #FeesMustFall movement in South African universities, 2015–2017}},
  author       = {Douglas Blackmur},
  journal      = {Agenda: a journal of policy analysis and reform},
  year         = {2021},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.22459/ag.28.01.2021.02},
}

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