AERN was founded in 1992 by a small group of US and African universities meeting on the campus of Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. It is a non-profit making network dedicated solely to the dissemination of information on Africa.  Since no part of the world can live in isolation, we try to link our resources to cover other parts of the world. To that end, the main projects of AERN include the SYMPOSIUM, our on-line African Educational Research Journal and a variety of other activities to promote and support African-based scholars.

(MAY 2005) The University of Swaziland and Albany State University have accepted lead roles in the African Educational Research Network and its major project, the SYMPOSIUM, the quarterly on-line journal of educational research which is now entering its fifth year of publication.  Dr. Claude G. Perkins, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Graduate Dean at Albany State University, and Professor Cisco Magagula, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Swaziland, will serve as co-chairs of the collaborative activity. Click here for full text.