The following provides a list of Associates with HETD in its drive to advancing research, teaching, supervision and policy dialogue on African Higher Education.
- Prof. Philip G. Altbach (Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA)
- Dr. Pablo Benetione (University of Duesto, Spain)
- Dr. Ronald Bisaso (Makerere University, Uganda)
- Prof. David Bloom (Harvard University, USA)
- Prof. Vitalis Chikoko (UKZN)
- Prof. John A. Douglass (University of California—Berkley)
- Prof. Sunita Facknat (University of Mauritius, Mauritius)
- Prof. Tor Halvorsen (University of Bergen, Norway)
- Prof. Seppo Hölttä (University of Tampere, Finland)
- Prof. Ellen Hazelkorn (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland)
- Prof. Bruce Johnstone (State University of New York—Suny, Buffalo, USA)
- Prof. Marcelo Knobel (University of Campinas, Brazil)
- Dr. Glenda Kruss (HSRC, South Africa)
- Prof. Patricio Langa (University of Western Cape)
- Prof. Dan Levy (State University of New York—Albany, USA)
- Prof. Peter Mayer (University of Osnabrueck, Germany)
- Dr. Tilly Moodley (UKZN)
- Dr. Nicholas Munro (UKZN)
- Prof. Ibrahim Ogachi Oanda (CODESRIA, Senegal)
- Dr. Laura Rumbley (Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA)
- Prof. Jamil Salmi (Tertiaryeducation.org, Chile)
- Prof. Michael A. Samuel (UKZN)
- Prof. Chika Sehoole (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
- Prof. Ted Somerville (UKZN)
- Prof. Michele Stack (University of British Columbia, Canada)
- Prof. Abebayehu Tekleselassie (George Washington University, USA)
- Prof. William G. Tierney (University of Southern California, USA)
- Prof. N.V. Varghese (National University of Educational Planning and Administration, India)
- Prof. Turo Vertinan (University of Helsinki, Finland)
- Prof. Yusuf Waghid (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
- Prof. Hans de Wit (Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA)
- Prof. Frank Ziegele (Center for Higher Education, Germany)