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“Cliff’s book not only provides a record of the testing initiative but, also, a means of challenging many of the commonsense assumptions that inform thinking about access to higher education in South Africa and elsewhere by providing an account of the reasoning behind the tests and their analysis. In doing this, the book is a powerful reminder of what we do not know, and are often blinded from knowing, by the power of common sense.” (Chrissie Boughey, South African Journal of Science, Vol. 121 (3-4), March-April, 2025)  “Cliff offers a detailed overview of why the project chose to frame its work theoretically using the idea of ‘academic literacies’, an approach that was prominent in higher education studies in the late 1990s and early 2000s. … A huge body of research has been conducted on results from these tests over the 30 years of the project (with the bulk of activity in the 2010s exploiting data from universities across the country) and here Cliff offers a comprehensive summary.” (Jennifer M. Case, Higher Education, September 16, 2024)

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Alan Cliff is Professor Emeritus of Higher Education Studies in the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He served as Interim Dean of the faculty from September 2018 to March 2022. Alan obtained his BA, BEd (with distinction) and MEd (with distinction) from UCT and his PhD from the University of Auckland. His current research interests are in the use of theories and principles of Dynamic Assessment to facilitate student learning; and in the processes of staff development as ‘literacies practices’ and induction into professional learning communities.

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