Kenya’s public universities: financing model overhaul fails to address biggest challenge – funding

By Ishmael Munene, Professor of Research, Foundations & Higher Education, Northern Arizona University

Kenya adopted a new approach to public university funding beginning with the 2023-24 academic year. Rapid student enrolment growth and declining state revenues have triggered the need for the reforms, which will require students to meet a higher proportion of costs. Ishmael Munene, who has a scholarly interest in African higher education, examines the background to these reforms.

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Kenya’s public universities: financing model overhaul fails to address biggest challenge – funding

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