African Universities

The NY Times has a fascinating, tragic article about the state of Dakar's Cheikh Anta Diop University today. For all our discussions around the brain drain, the harmful effects of structural adjustment policies, and workforce issues, there is nothing quite so powerful as seeing how all these issues are affecting real people. It's hard not to contrast these Senegalese students' experiences to our own here in Seattle, and it seems to me critical that we keep human aligned with the macro policy issues that we concern ourselves with.

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