Public and Private Universities in Kenya

• 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.

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. -