Noelliste, Dieumeme2019-09-252019-09-252016-07-0920140799-1711http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/154448"It is common knowledge that higher education is going through a process of profound metamorphosis. In very recent times this heretofore tranquil field of human endeavour seems to have been hit by a land mine, which profoundly altered its overall configuration and reshaped its various contours. Thanks to the mighty shakeup, the epistemic enterprise has witnessed the broadening of its scope, the rethinking of its purpose, the diversification of its stakeholders, the modification of its structure, the shifting of its traditional support base, etc"engWith permission of the license/copyright holderhigher educationCommercializationPrivatizationpublic institutionsPolitical ethicsEthics of political systemsEconomic ethicsCommunity ethicsEducation and ethicsArticle