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    Quality assurance for public higher education: context, strategies and challenges in Kenya

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    Date
    2014
    Author
    Odhiambo, George O.
    Type
    Article; en
    Language
    en
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    Abstract
    Quality assurance (QA) mechanisms used to be highly dependent on national administrative traditions but nowadays there is a convergence of mechanisms. Compared to more developed higher education (HE) systems in the world, QA systems in Africa are still at an infant stage and thus confronted by many challenges. The purpose of this article is to present some of the findings derived from a study analysing the crucial issues and unique challenges facing Kenya's public HE as it struggles to develop QA mechanisms. Using purposive sampling, the researcher chose two public universities who indicated their willingness to participate and a national QA Agency (QAA). The study was done through in-depth interviews and a review of historical materials and records. Overall, respondents strongly emphasised the need for Kenyan universities to have compulsory and effective external and internal QA mechanisms. They indicated that the trends facing HE make it necessary for HE in Kenya to review their traditional QA structures and to create new systems of external QA. The numerous comments in this research indicate deficiency not only in the QAA focus and work but also in the internal QA frameworks within public universities.
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    http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07294360.2014.890578#.U_JO2bFzb6J
    http://hdl.handle.net/11295/73796
    Publisher
    University of Nairobi,
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    • Faculty of Education (FEd) [1042]

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