An essay on the implications of university expansion in Kenya

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Date
1990
Authors
Rees, Hughes
Kilemi, Mwiria
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Springer
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Abstract. Although Kenya may be the most extreme example, expansion of university education is widespread throughout Eastern and Southern Africa. This article examines the irresistible rising tide of populism as it reaches the ivory tower in Kenya. Economic, political, and equity arguments supporting and opposing expansion are outlined. The conclusions, although directed at Kenya, are broadly applicable to those African nations embarking upon a program of tertiary-level growth.
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Publisher version (Springer) available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/3447164
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Higher Education, Vol. 19, No. 2 (1990), pp. 215-237