M Fourie-malherbe

Biography

Magda Fourie-Malherbe is Professor of Higher Education Studies in the Centre for Higher and Adult Education, Department of Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education, Stellenbosch University. She holds qualifications from the University of the Free State and Stellenbosch University, and has worked for thirty years at various public universities in South Africa as a researcher, lecturer, supervisor and senior administrator. Her research includes work on higher education governance, leadership and management, teaching and learning, quality assurance and transformation. Currently sixteen post-graduate students are doing research under her supervision, mainly on institutional factors that enhance or inhibit student success.

Research Interest

Magda is a member of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER) and the European Higher Education Society (EAIR), and serves on the Institutional Audits Committee of the Council on Higher Education. She has authored and co-authored more than forty contributions to scholarly journals, books and research reports. ​