Fort Hare at its centenary: University functions in post-apartheid South Africa

Figures & data

Table 1. Total graduates by fields of study: 2004 and 2014.

	2004: merger date	% of total	2014	% of total	Average annual increase from date of merger: 2004–14 (%)	Increase in totals: 2014 vs. 2004
Science and technology	236	19	783	25	12.7	547
Business & management sciences	87	7	489	15	18.8	402
Education	503	40	523	16	0.4	20
Humanities & social sciences	418	34	1 393	44	12.8	975
Total	1 244	100	3 188	100	9.9	1 944

Compiled by Ian Bunting from the Higher Education Management Information System data.

Figure 1. Broad unemployment rates (as of 1 March 2014), by field of study. Rogan and Reynolds (2015).

Figure 2. Publication trends at the University of Fort Hare. Mouton and Valentine (2017).

Figure 3. University of Fort Hare publication output by scientific field. Mouton and Valentine (2017).

Rogan, M & Reynolds, J, 2015. Schooling inequality, higher education and the labour market: Evidence from a graduate tracer study in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Paper presented at the International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET) 59th World Assembly, ‘Challenging Disparities in Education, 19–22 June 2015, Tokushima, Japan.

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