Full Description
A history of higher education in Kenya.
The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa commissioned case studies of higher education provision in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa, as part of its effort to stimulate enlightened, equitable, and knowledge-based national development, and to provide guides to understanding.
Reviews the history of higher education in Kenya and details the emergence of private universities, most of them with a Christian religious orientation, as major players in the provision of tertiary-level education.
In association with Partnership for Higher Education in Africa; Kenya: EAEP
Contents
Introduction: Kenyan universities in the coming decades; The policy intention by Kilemi Mwiria; PART I PUBLIC UNIVERSITY REFORM IN KENYA by Kilemi Mwiria & Njuguna Ng'ethe; Kenyan universities in the coming decades; Reforms related to access, equity, quality & relevance; Reforms related to governance/management planning; Reforms related to university financing; Motivation for & management of reforms; Impact of the reform process; Concluding observations & questions raised; PART II PRIVATE PROVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN KENYA: TRENDS & ISSUES IN FOUR UNIVERSITIES by Daniel Wesonga, Charles Ngome, Douglas Ouma-Odero & Violet Wawire; Origins of private higher education in Kenya; Accreditation, governance & management; Issues of access & equity; Curriculum & learning systems; Information & communication technologies; Financing of private universities in Kenya; Recommendations.
