Analyzing the Steps Needed to Achieve Quality Education in Higher Education: A Look at Professor Tawana Kupe’s Latest Book on SDG4

Johannesburg – Professor Tawana Kupe, a Global Higher Education Strategy Adviser and former Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, has taken the lead as editor on a new book titled “Higher Education and SDG4.”

Among the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations, SDG4 holds particular significance for Higher Education institutions.

“Taking a forward-looking stance, Higher Education and SDG4 navigates the evolving education landscape, emphasizing its essential contributions and the necessary actions to achieve ‘Quality Education’,” states the International Association of Universities (IAU), the global representative for higher education.

“We at the IAU are delighted to announce the release of our partner and Executive Leadership Programme facilitator Prof. Tawana Kupe’s recent work, ‘Higher Education and SDG4’.”

About the book:

The chapters delve into contemporary challenges and issues, moving past mere reflection to present innovative ideas, strategies, and potential solutions that can lead to significant contributions by higher education in achieving SDG4.

By including the insights and viewpoints of students, faculty, and staff, the chapters address the intricate factors that perpetuate inequity and explore how universities can actively work to combat it.

Emphasizing the need for intentional, inclusive, and urgent action, Higher Education and SDG4 extends its focus beyond educational frameworks to explore how higher education institutions can enhance societal capacities and serve as crucial agents for sustainable futures.

Higher Education and the Sustainable Development Goals is an insightful series of 17 books, each examining an SDG through the perspective of higher education.

Utilizing a solutions-oriented framework, each volume discusses how higher education is contributing to the realization of Agenda 2030.

This series is edited by Wendy Purcell, a Professor at Rutgers University and an Academic Research Scholar at Harvard University, as well as an Emeritus Professor and University President Emerita.