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Abstract This article reports on a study focusing on the first-year academic experiences, success and failure of a cohort of students at a historically black university campus in South Africa. It examines their academic experiences and factors which influenced their success and failure at the end of the first year. Views were sought from a sample of 100 lecturers and 500 first-year students using quantitative (survey) and qualitative (questionnaire) data collection methods. The results...

At present, there are substantial scientific uncertainties about the nature and magnitude of climate change impacts that might result from an effective doubling of CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere of the coastal urban settlements of Nigeria. This is because large percentage of Nigeria's urban population lives in coastal cities. This study examines the potential impact of climate change on the coastal cities of Lagos and Port Harcourt using the Model for the Assessment of Greenhouse Gas...

At the beginning of the millennium, despite voiced concerns by other stakeholders and in the absence of favorable policy environment and virtual ignorance of the sector throughout the 1990s, higher education establishments in Ethiopia experienced hegemonic attack by government. This position was subsequently used by government and the ministry to introduce a series of reforms in higher education and teacher education termed as Higher Education System Overhaul (HESO) and Teacher Education...

This book offers insights into the process of economic reform in developing countries. It is organized around three factors that are critical to the success of any reform. According to Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, these key dimensions are Reach, Range, and Reason. ‘Reach’ refers to the ability of reform to be person-centered and evenhanded, reaching all individuals in society. ‘Range’ considers the institutional reforms and policy changes necessary to implement change and the possible ripple...

This book offers insights into the process of economic reform in developing countries. It is organized around three factors that are critical to the success of any reform. According to Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, these key dimensions are Reach, Range, and Reason. ‘Reach’ refers to the ability of reform to be person-centered and evenhanded, reaching all individuals in society. ‘Range’ considers the institutional reforms and policy changes necessary to implement change and the possible ripple...

The study investigated psychosocial factors influencing attitude towards internet piracy among Nigerian University students. The ex-post factor research design was adopted. In all a total of two hundred and fifty participants were drawn through accidental sampling technique for this study. Their age ranged between 19-48 years. Three hypothesis were generated and subsequently tested using appropriated statistical tools. The outcome of the tested hypothesis revealed that sex difference was not...

The occurrence of natural disasters has shown a positive trend as annual incidents of disaster events have increased on the continent. Approximately two-thirds of the 3.3 million people in Western Kenya fall below the poverty line, leaving the region stuck in poverty traps that prevent sustainable development. Schools in the region are hampered in their operation when the disaster occurs .In third term 2007, many school were unable to open due to flooding, students were transferred to other...

The Family is the most basic social unit in today's society. Despite it's small size, it plays important roles in stabilizing and enhancing the growth of the adult members of the society and provide a context for the growth and development of the children. The changing nature of the role of the family, in recent time, demands for a re-equipping the family with new knowledge capable of repositioning it for the task of peace maintenance and national unity. This paper therefore examines the...

reasoning, tolerance of ambiguity, solving complex problems, and consciously asking critical questions are taught in the arts. The act of developing a melodic motif into a melody that can exist as a subject for subtle nuances of tempo and rhythm, into a composition with a design element of cohesion in formal qualities is complex. It requires critical answers to ‘what if’ questions like, Conjecture leads to creative choices and then to the ability to evaluate possible outcomes. The end result...

Tangiers bay, located in the extreme west of the Mediterranean Sea, and in the north west of Morocco, receives various pollutants through the Mghogha canal from urban and industrial rejections of Tangiers city. This survey was focused on physicochemical and geochemical characterization of the more exposed sites situated on Mghogha canal and on the bay coastline. Physicochemical analysis (Temperature (21 - 23°C), pH (6 - 7.5), suspended matters (70 – 300 mg/l), dissolved oxygen (1.15 - 4.5...

Tangiers bay, located in the extreme west of the Mediterranean Sea, and in the north west of Morocco, receives various pollutants through the Mghogha canal from urban and industrial rejections of Tangiers city. This survey was focused on physicochemical and geochemical characterization of the more exposed sites situated on Mghogha canal and on the bay coastline. Physicochemical analysis (Temperature (21 - 23°C), pH (6 - 7.5), suspended matters (70 – 300 mg/l), dissolved oxygen (1.15 - 4.5...

Globalization has become such an all-encompassing concept that it is almost meaningless. However, most scholars recognize that the term conveys in some manner or form a shrinkage of time and space such that events happening in one part of the world have the potential to impact other locales (Giddens, 1999; Held, 1991). Beyond this most basic meaning, it is hard to find any agreement on what the term actually conveys or when in fact the world actually entered a global age (Morrow & Torres,...

Humanitarian agencies are alarmed by rising malnutrition across east Africa, where recent drought has further worsened the effects of displacement, environmental degradation, and conflict related food shortages. Somalia and Ethiopia have been affected by drought and rising insecurity, which makes it increasingly difficult for aid agencies to reach many of those most in need. Furthermore, recent massive rises in food prices have compromised the ability of agencies to deliver aid and have...

Obstetric practice continues to change, particularly assisted vaginal delivery. Vacuum delivery is a mode of delivery technique in Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) in the maternity unit. The objective of the study was to determine the rate of ventouse delivery, its indications, and maternal and fetal morbidity in our center. This was a retrospective study of all admissions in the maternity unit of JUTH from January 1987 to December 2002. Clinical records of all women that had ventouse...

SUMMARY The reason employees resign from their jobs is not always for better pay and benefits elsewhere. Statistics show that one of the leading hospital groups in South Africa has a staff turnover rate of 23%. Research by Taute (1992) proved that the social functioning of people is hampered by too much frustration, too little satisfaction and insufficient contentment with life. Competence building through Life Skills education may be the single most effective preventative strategy for...