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Political pressures Politicisation of the higher
education environment. Political
interference via policy changes.
Greater government reporting and
scrutiny. Growing risk of
government interference.

HE
Amendment
Act
CHE (2016)
Regulation
chapter
Differentiation
Movement towards a differentiated
higher education system.
Differentiation is viewed as a way
of ensuring a diverse system that
will improve access, improve
participation and enable institutions
to focus on niche areas that respond
to national development needs. This
may result in institutional types
ranging from largely undergraduate
institutions to research intensive
institutions.

Cloete (2015)

CHET (2013)

INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE CAPACITY

Maintaining
standards

Commitment to assuring the

consistency and quality of academic

offerings to ensure that programmes

are accredited and quality assured

on a regular basis.

CHE mandate

HE Act 1997

as amended

NQF Act

Institutional culture Nature and influences of local
cultures (the way we do things
around here), the extent to which
the university operates efficiently
and in an integrated way. An
institution’s self-image and its
capacity to respond in an agile

Van der

Merwe &

Suransky

(2014)