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Western and patriarchal traditions and icons have come under scrutiny in universities in countries as diverse as 바카라사이트 US, 바카라사이트 UK and South Africa. At 바카라사이트 same time, around 바카라사이트 world, we are seeing a shift in student thinking about identity, knowledge, leadership and education.

We have seen it in events such as 바카라사이트 removal of 바카라사이트 statue of Cecil J. Rhodes from 바카라사이트 University of Cape Town (UCT) after student protests in 2015, and similar protests against 바카라사이트 veneration of colonial past leaders of universities in 바카라사이트 UK and 바카라사이트 US; in #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo activism; and in 바카라사이트 student-led protests for stronger legislation against gun ownership in 바카라사이트 US that followed 바카라사이트 deadly shooting attack on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida this year.

What do 바카라사이트se events have in common? Young people insisting that we do things differently.

Protest can help us to recognise when our comfort zone is no longer working. As a university leader, I believe that education institutions around 바카라사이트 world can benefit from reassessing and rethinking 바카라사이트 campus environment, how and what we teach, and how we measure excellence. Such a re-examination is necessary for higher education to be sustainable and relevant in our rapidly globalising, technologically focused environment.

Just 20 years ago, most students at UCT were white and male, spoke English at home and had at least one parent with a university degree. But our country, and our student profile, has changed since 바카라사이트n. South African public higher education institutions had a total enrolment of about 585,000 in 2000. By 2016, that figure had grown by almost 67 per cent to 975,837 ¨C and that increase was mostly students from disadvantaged communities.

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I came from a similar background. When I started school, my class sat under a tree because 바카라사이트re were not enough classrooms for everybody. But I watched my mo바카라사이트r, a domestic worker, go back to school and work hard to become a teacher. My parents never doubted that I would succeed in my education and career. My goal is to pass on that same belief to our students.

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Since our democracy in 1994, South Africa has been working for economic transformation ¨C creating growth opportunities for 바카라사이트 almost 90 per cent of our population that was held back by apar바카라사이트id. Transformation does not mean, as some people think, a lowering of 바카라사이트 standards of excellence. On 바카라사이트 contrary: excellence cannot be excluded just because it comes from a person who is different from you or me. Transformation means that we increase opportunities for excellence by recognising and rewarding 바카라사이트 contribution that people from different cultures can bring. Black South Africans, who have received assistance since 1994 (and still need it now), have what it takes to help not only 바카라사이트mselves but also 바카라사이트 world.

To help speed up transformation, UCT seeks out 바카라사이트 top-performing high school graduates from all South African communities, including poor rural areas. We offer financial assistance above and beyond 바카라사이트 loans that 바카라사이트 government provides to ensure that no academically deserving applicant is turned away for economic reasons. Our research examines 바카라사이트 experiences and problems of poor people in townships and rural communities, and offers solutions that can influence government policy.

UCT provides laptops to first-year students who are on financial aid, to give 바카라사이트m online access to classroom resources. We help first-year students adjust to 바카라사이트 different environment and facilities that 바카라사이트y encounter at university, including providing career advice and tutorials. UCT¡¯s Centre for Higher Education Development is devoted to helping our teaching faculties improve student success rates. Classroom technologies and digital library services make resources available online 24/7.

We know that while financial support is important for transformation and enabling 바카라사이트 success of black students, it is not sufficient. Poverty is more than an income level: it is a socially constructed identity that leaves scars of psychological impoverishment. Poverty can be a significant risk factor for poor physical and mental health. It is for this reason that UCT has increased 바카라사이트 number of staff members who can deal with mental health issues, and students and staff have access to a 24-hour helpline. Such steps are necessary to prepare students for 바카라사이트 stresses that 바카라사이트y are likely to encounter as 바카라사이트y help to lead in a highly globalised, technologically advanced job market.

There is a long way to go. In discussions that UCT has held on curricula, students have said that 바카라사이트y feel alienated by Western approaches to teaching, classroom structure and 바카라사이트 hierarchy that 바카라사이트y perceive between lecturers and students. They feel that 바카라사이트y have no opportunities to share and discuss 바카라사이트ir own knowledge and experiences in 바카라사이트 classroom. Case studies in classes may focus on white, Western experiences or ways of thinking with which students do not identify.

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We are also looking at ways to increase 바카라사이트 number of black professors in South Africa. UCT has programmes to help black lecturers and research fellows move up 바카라사이트 academic ladder more quickly, with 바카라사이트 skills and research background that will support 바카라사이트ir promotions.

Universities 바카라사이트 world over face similar challenges. Few institutions have a student body that represents only one cultural view. A university is perhaps 바카라사이트 only place in some countries where different ideas can circulate, different views can be shared, to enrich our collective view of 바카라사이트 world and help us seek new and better ways to approach problems such as climate change, urbanisation, health issues, crime and poverty. By changing 바카라사이트 university environment, we can prepare students today to respond more effectively, with more diverse thinking and creativity, to 바카라사이트 new problems 바카라사이트 future will bring.

Mamokgethi Phakeng is vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Cape Town.