Multicampus University Systems: Africa and the Kenyan Experience. Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education

Autor/in	Munene, Ishmael I.
Titel	Multicampus University Systems: Africa and the Kenyan Experience. Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education
Quelle	(2014), (160 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-415-82514-6
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Multicampus Colleges; Universities; Governance; Administrative Organization; Educational Finance; Educational Quality; Equal Education; Access to Education; Privatization; Educational Change; Educational History; Neoliberalism; Africa; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; University; Universität; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Bildungsfonds; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Access; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Privatisation; Privatisierung; Bildungsreform; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Afrika; Kenia
Abstract	In the face of increasing social demand and cutbacks in state budgetary support, universities in African countries are now turning towards a multicampus system strategy. As African governments have adopted neoliberal education policies that place premium on entrepreneurialism, profit making, privatization, and markets as drivers of university development, a reshaping of the academic work and organizational framework have taken place. However, little is known about the impact of this paradigm shift on access, quality and governance in higher education. This book fills the void in research and academic knowledge about the impact of the emerging university configurations in Africa. It analyzes the paradox surrounding the performance of multicampus university systems as avenues of broadening university access but whose structural success may be qualitatively contested. This book offers a refreshing examination of the African multicampus university system from both an African and global perspective. It makes use of empirical data from Kenya collected during extensive fieldwork along with substantive library and documentary resources on the rest of the continents to fortify arguments and demonstrate important conclusions. This allows for a comparative analysis of policies and strategies used in the establishment of campuses, both within and beyond national boundaries in the continent, and will be a welcome contribution to the existing repertoire on African universities. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01