Anticipated developments: East Africa's private universities and privatisation of public universities in the global context

Anticipated developments: East Africa's private universities and privatisation of public universities in the global context

Author: 
Munene, Ishmael I.
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Taylor & Francis
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Africa Education Review
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Africa Education Review, Vol. 6, No. 2 Nov. 2009, pp. 254-268
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The growth and development of private universities has been one of the most dramatic features of African higher education in the last two decades. Using the three East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda as a case in point, this analysis examines the extent to which developments in the region echo international trends, as well as how they illustrate contrasts. The analysis focuses on three key themes: (a) growth and historical antecedents; (b) institutional developments in terms of continuity and innovation; and (c) internationalism. While only relatively recent phenomena, private universities in East Africa and the increasing privatisation of public universities mirror developments in other parts of the world with a longer tradition of private university developments in terms of growth and historical antecedents, continuity and innovation in institutional development, as well as in internationalism.

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CITATION: Munene, Ishmael I.. Anticipated developments: East Africa's private universities and privatisation of public universities in the global context . : Taylor & Francis , . Africa Education Review, Vol. 6, No. 2 Nov. 2009, pp. 254-268 - Available at: https://library.au.int/anticipated-developments-east-africas-private-universities-and-privatisation-public-universities-3