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Higher Education Expansion Policies and Demographic Change: A Comparative Study of the University of Ibadan and University of Ghana, Legon (1948–1962)

This study analyses the demographic evolution of West Africa’s pioneer higher education institutions—the University of Ibadan (UCI), Nigeria, and the University of Ghana, Legon (UG) -between 1948 and 1962. Framed around the political economy of education (PEE) and historical institutionalism (HI), this paper contextualizes the operational adaptability of UCI and UG to rising student enrollment from late colonial rule to early national independence. Historically, the literature on early West Afri

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Source	OpenAlex research
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	Babcock University Journal of History and International Studies (BUJOHIS)
Date	2026-09-08
Type	article
Details	openalex authorships.countries:NG,primary topic.subfield.id:3320\|3321\|3308\|1202\|3303\|3312\|2002\|2000\|2003 + local /\bnige
Found at	https://doi.org/10.61955/pdwosh
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Higher Education Expansion Policies and Demographic Change: A Comparative Study of the University of Ibadan and University of Ghana, Legon (1948–1962). OpenAlex research, 2026. Vero Archive, record openalex:W7211948401.