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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

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Author:   Kilemi Mwiria ,  Njuguna Ng'ethe ,  Charles Ngome et al. ,  Douglas Ouma-Odero
Publisher:   James Currey
Imprint:   James Currey
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.360kg
ISBN:  

9780852554425

ISBN 10:   0852554427
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 May 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of 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.

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The volumes (in the series) provide an invaluable source of comparative financial and institutional The volumes (in the series) provide an invaluable source of comparative financial and institutional data for what one hop

The volumes (in the series) provide an invaluable source of comparative financial and institutional data for what one hopes will be a growing field of African higher education studies. - David Mills in AFRICAN AFFAIRS

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