Strengthening University Partnerships and Collaborations in Kenya: Strategies for Sustainability
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Date
2018
Authors
Kombo, Kisilu
Mwangi, Minae I.
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Publisher
SEREK publication
Abstract
Globally, university partnerships and collaborations have been identified as key pillars of the tripartite roles of
universities namely; Academics, Research, and Civic Engagement. In Africa, there is intensified effort to strengthen
university partnerships with the governments, industry and communities for greater impact to socio-economic
development. The role of university partnerships is considered a vital driver of not only research and innovation but
also capacity development as well as internationalization. In this paper, multiple case analysis approach was used to
explore the strategies being employed by universities in Kenya with a view of teasing out lessons for advancing
partnerships and collaborations in universities in Africa. The two main objectives of the study were; to find out the
strategies employed by universities in advancing partnerships and (ii) to establish challenges affecting university
partnerships in Kenya. Random sampling was used to identify public and private universities for the study in order to
establish the objective position across the higher education landscape. Both qualitative and quantitative data was
collected. The respondents of the study were purposively selected due to the unique nature of the study. Among various
initiatives, the paper highlights some distinctive projects, initiated courtesy of university partnerships in the 21st
century. The paper highlights developing partnership policies, creating monitoring systems and capacity building as
key ingredients for enhancing resilient and sustainable partnerships and collaborations.
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Research Article
Keywords
University partnerships, Policy framework, Typologies of partnerships, Internationalization
Citation
The Cradle of Knowledge: African Journal of Educational and Social Science Research Volume 6 No.3, 2018