Smart Universities: A Concept Overview of Adaption Challenges for Historically Black Universities in South Africa
Universities today are experimenting with AI and big data to improve how students live and learn on campus; however, from a South African perspective, the question is: can historically black universities adapt to this ever-changing higher education environment? This paper employed a qua...
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| author | Victor H. Mlambo Hlanganani Mnguni Zubane Sphephelo |
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Universities today are experimenting with AI and big data to improve how students live
and learn on campus; however, from a South African perspective, the question is: can historically
black universities adapt to this ever-changing higher education environment? This paper employed
a qualitative research method to answer these questions, and secondary data was sourced from
engaging current literature. The paper found that infrastructure challenges, a lack of skills and
development and limited resources were major factors hindering historically black universities
from adopting the concept of a smart university; historically black universities offered minimal no
tech-focused courses, which reduced them to acclimatize themselves with the elements of the 4IR.
The implications have been that historically black universities will struggle to catch up to
previously white universities in transitioning their campuses from the traditional model of higher
education to the concept of a smart campus
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| spelling | doaj-art-5ebe24bfe20c4aa88f27c81ea862fcbe2025-08-20T04:02:37ZengNational University of Sciences and TechnologyNUST Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities2520-503X2523-00262024-12-01102Smart Universities: A Concept Overview of Adaption Challenges for Historically Black Universities in South AfricaVictor H. Mlambo0Hlanganani Mnguni1Zubane Sphephelo2University of Johannesburg, South AfricaUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaThabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs, Centurion, South Africa, Universities today are experimenting with AI and big data to improve how students live and learn on campus; however, from a South African perspective, the question is: can historically black universities adapt to this ever-changing higher education environment? This paper employed a qualitative research method to answer these questions, and secondary data was sourced from engaging current literature. The paper found that infrastructure challenges, a lack of skills and development and limited resources were major factors hindering historically black universities from adopting the concept of a smart university; historically black universities offered minimal no tech-focused courses, which reduced them to acclimatize themselves with the elements of the 4IR. The implications have been that historically black universities will struggle to catch up to previously white universities in transitioning their campuses from the traditional model of higher education to the concept of a smart campus https://njssh.nust.edu.pk/index.php/njssh/article/view/237Higher education, Competitiveness, Development, Technology, Smart campus |
| spellingShingle | Victor H. Mlambo Hlanganani Mnguni Zubane Sphephelo Smart Universities: A Concept Overview of Adaption Challenges for Historically Black Universities in South Africa NUST Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Higher education, Competitiveness, Development, Technology, Smart campus |
| title | Smart Universities: A Concept Overview of Adaption Challenges for Historically Black Universities in South Africa |
| title_full | Smart Universities: A Concept Overview of Adaption Challenges for Historically Black Universities in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Smart Universities: A Concept Overview of Adaption Challenges for Historically Black Universities in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Smart Universities: A Concept Overview of Adaption Challenges for Historically Black Universities in South Africa |
| title_short | Smart Universities: A Concept Overview of Adaption Challenges for Historically Black Universities in South Africa |
| title_sort | smart universities a concept overview of adaption challenges for historically black universities in south africa |
| topic | Higher education, Competitiveness, Development, Technology, Smart campus |
| url | https://njssh.nust.edu.pk/index.php/njssh/article/view/237 |
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