eprintid: 10169823
rev_number: 10
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datestamp: 2023-05-15 15:03:26
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type: article
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creators_name: Oketch, Moses
title: Higher Education Finance as a Public Good in Kenya
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J80
keywords: Kenya, higher education finance, public good, human
capital, equity, student loans
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
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.
date: 2022-11-28
date_type: published
publisher: CODESRIA - Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
official_url: https://doi.org/10.57054/jhea.v20i2.2726
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 2022460
doi: 10.57054/jhea.v20i2.2726
lyricists_name: Oketch, Moses
lyricists_id: MOOKE71
actors_name: Oketch, Moses
actors_id: MOOKE71
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Journal of Higher Education in Africa
volume: 20
number: 2
pagerange: 67-87
issn: 0851-7762
citation:        Oketch, Moses;      (2022)    Higher Education Finance as a Public Good in Kenya.                   Journal of Higher Education in Africa , 20  (2)   pp. 67-87.    10.57054/jhea.v20i2.2726 <https://doi.org/10.57054/jhea.v20i2.2726>.       Green open access   
 
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