Funding Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

by D. Teferra

Overview

Virtually all countries in the world are struggling to provide the necessary resources to Higher Education. The challenges are particularly complex for economically poor countries in Africa, which have recorded massive expansion in the past decade. This book analyzes the state of funding and financing higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137345783
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	10/08/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	372
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Ms. Victoria Omponye Damane, Tertiary Education Council, Botswana Dr. Patrick Molutsi, Tertiary Education Council, Botswana Moges Yigezu, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia Kennedy Munyua Waweru, Mount Kenya University, Kenya Abate Sewale, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia Ibrahim Ogachi Oanda, Kenyatta University, Kenya T.K. Ronoh, Egerton University, Kenya C.K. Mumiukha, Egerton University, Kenya A.K. Sang, Egerton University, Kenya Elysette Randriamahenintsoa, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar Steven Henry Dunga, University of Malawi, Malawi Johnson Muchunguzi Ishengoma, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Mark B. Oboko, Bugema University, Uganda Jude Ssempebwa, Uganda Martyrs University, Uganda Dalton E. Ssegawa, Uganda's National Council for Higher Education Gift Masaiti, University of Zambia, Zambia Mr. John Mpofu, Zimbabwe Open University, Zimbabwe Mr Sylod Chimhenga, Zimbabwe Open University, Zimbabwe Dr. Onias Mafa, Zimbabwe Open University, Zimbabwe.

Table of Contents

Preface; Damtew Teferra Foreword; Philip G. Altbach 1. Introduction; Damtew Teferra 2. Botswana: Crisis of a Rich State: Botswana's Dilemma in Financing Tertiary Education; Victoria Damane and Patrick Molutsi 3. Ethiopia: Funding Higher Education in Ethiopia: Modalities, Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects; Moges Yigezu 4. Ethiopia: Revenue Diversification and Resource Utilisation in Ethiopian Universities; Kennedy Munyua Waweru and Sewale Abate 5. Kenya: Implications of Alternative Higher Education Financing Policies on Equity and Quality: The Kenyan Experience; Ibrahim Ogachi Oanda 6. Kenya: Entrepreneurship as an Alternative Approach to Funding of Public Universities in Kenya; Thomas Kipkorir Ronoh, Catherine K. Mumiukha and Anthony K. Sang 7. Madagascar: Challenges and Opportunities of Higher Education Funding Policies and Programs in Madagascar; Elysette Randriamahenintsoa 8. Malawi: Financing Higher Education in Malawi: Prospects, Challenges and Opportunities; Steven Henry Dunga 9. Tanzania: Funding Higher Education in Tanzania: Modalities, Challenges, Prospects and a Proposal for New Funding Modalities; Johnson Muchunguzi Ishengoma 10. Uganda: Funding of Higher Education in Uganda: With Special Emphasis on Donor's Role and Contribution of National Communities Approaches;Mark Bonuke Oboko 11. Uganda: Funding Higher Education in Uganda: A Case for the Liberalisation of Student Fees; Jude Ssempebwa and Dalton E. Ssegawa 12. Zambia: Student's Perception of Financing Public Universities in Zambia: Towards a More Sustainable and Inclusive Policy Strategy; Gift Masaiti 13. Zimbabwe: Funding Higher Education in Zimbabwe: The Experience, Challenges and Opportunities of the Cadetship Scheme; John Mpofu, Sylod Chimhenga and Onias Mafa 14. Conclusion; Damtew Teferra

Editorial Reviews

Funding Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa features 14 chapters of which 12 are devoted to country case studies focusing on financing policies and practices in the public higher education (HE) domain. … the book is a very useful reference for researchers, graduate students, leaders of higher education institutions, policy makers, development partners, and the donor community.” (Tesfaye Semela, Higher Education Policy, Vol. 29, 2016)

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