The beginnings of higher education for East Africans -- Becoming a U niversity College -- The glory years of Makerere University College: th e 1950s and 1960s -- Makerere University College and the University of East Africa (1963-70) -- Research, curriculum, and teaching in the 1960 s -- Decline and persistence (1970-86) -- From Ivory Tower to lighthous e: Makerere as a National University (1986-2000) -- The Medical School -- Art and the "Educated Man" -- Cultivating the faculty of Agriculture -- Libraries and Librarianship -- "Very small . . . very mighty": wome n and the rise of Women and Gender Studies -- Relationships with govern ments -- Staff development -- Beyond the Ivory Tower: three examples.

Includes bibliographical references (p.147-390)