Higher Education in Kenya: An Assessment of Current Responses to the Imperative of Widening Access

Autor/in	Odhiambo, George
Titel	Higher Education in Kenya: An Assessment of Current Responses to the Imperative of Widening Access
Quelle	In: Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 38 (2016) 2, S.196-211 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-080X
DOI	10.1080/1360080X.2016.1150551
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Access to Education; Educational Quality; Equal Education; Student Participation; Educational Change; Educational Policy; Financial Support; Economically Disadvantaged; Student Loan Programs; Resource Allocation; Academic Aspiration; Low Income Students; Rural Areas; Minority Group Students; Females; Enrollment Trends; Gender Differences; Disproportionate Representation; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Bildungsreform; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Finanzielle Förderung; Ressourcenallokation; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterkonflikt; Kenia
Abstract	Higher education is a key factor in a nation's effort to develop a highly skilled workforce for competing in the global economy. In this paper, current trends in accessibility, equity, participation and financing of higher education in Kenya are examined. The paper explores the challenges which need to be confronted and discusses the way forward for reforming higher education policies in Kenya to widen access and advance equity by suggesting a number of strategies. It highlights the need for programmes and policies focusing on improving access to quality secondary education experiences; increasing aspirations and application to higher education; and the improvement of policies on financial support to disadvantaged students through the already existing Higher Education Loans Board. It concludes with a number of recommendations including a new revenue allocation particularly to the rising numbers of higher education aspirants from low income, rural, ethnic minorities and women. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01