@article{discovery10169823,
          number = {2},
           month = {November},
            year = {2022},
         journal = {Journal of Higher Education in Africa},
       publisher = {CODESRIA - Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa},
            note = {This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.},
          volume = {20},
           pages = {67--87},
           title = {Higher Education Finance as a Public Good in Kenya},
             url = {https://doi.org/10.57054/jhea.v20i2.2726},
          author = {Oketch, Moses},
        abstract = {This article discusses the transformation of the higher education financing model and how this relates to the concept of higher education as a public good in the context of Kenya. Following independence in 1963, the new Kenya government - like most countries in sub-Saharan Africa that attained independence in this period - considered the establishment of a university to be one of the symbols of a republic and of national advancement. The government valued the public role of university education during this early phase of Kenya as a sovereign nation, even when access remained highly restricted. But, equally, the private benefits of being a university graduate were evident to the Kenyan citizenry. For two decades, Kenya had only one public university - the University of Nairobi - but after 1984 the state rapidly expanded higher education, partly in response to demand. Several universities have since been established, both public and private. Concurrently, the government has pursued a cost-sharing financing model to support this rapid expansion, which is contrary to the notion of higher education as a public good to be provided free of charge. This article examines this transformation of the financing model together with higher education as a publi good and�concludes that each has influenced the other in Kenya's context.},
        keywords = {Kenya, higher education finance, public good, human
capital, equity, student loans},
            issn = {0851-7762}
}