Funding Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

"If one looks around the world, the region perhaps least served by relevant research literature and analysis of higher education is Sub-Saharan Africa. Funding Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa addresses this gap. Drawing on in-depth, evidence-based research from nine countries including Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, this volume sets out a comprehensive analysis of financing patterns currently being adopted by institutions across Eastern and Southern Africa to help accommodate the rapidly growing number of enrolments and massification of education. This book makes an impressive contribution to two key areas of Africa's higher education development: a better understanding of patterns of funding and the need to improve deeper research on African higher education."-- Provided by publisher Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Series 3 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 List of Tables 10 List of Figures 13 Foreword 16 Preface and Acknowledgements 18 Notes on Contributors 20 List of Abbreviations 24 1 Introduction 26 2 Crisis of a Rich State: Botswana’s Dilemma in Financing Tertiary Education 38 3 Funding Higher Education in Ethiopia: Modalities, Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects 63 4 Revenue Diversification and Resource Utilisation in Ethiopian Universities 96 5 Implications of Alternative Higher Education Financing Policies on Equity and Quality: The Kenyan Experience 123 6 Entrepreneurship as an Alternative Approach to Funding of Public Universities in Kenya Thomas Kipkorir Ronoh, Catherine Khakasa Mumiukha and 155 7 Challenges and Opportunities of Higher Education Funding Policies and Programs in Madagascar 172 8 Financing Higher Education in Malawi: Prospects, Challenges and Opportunities 209 9 Funding Higher Education in Tanzania: Modalities, Challenges, Prospects and a Proposal for New Funding Modalities 239 10 Funding of Higher Education in Uganda: With Special Emphasis on Donor’s Role and Contribution of National Communities Approaches 272 11 Funding Higher Education in Uganda: Making the Case for the Liberalisation of Student Fees 301 12 Students ’ Perceptions of Financing Public Universities in Zambia: Toward a More Sustainable and Inclusive Policy Strategy 321 13 Funding Higher Education in Zimbabwe: Experience, Challenges and Opportunities of the Cadetship Scheme 352 14 Conclusion 376 Index 389 Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv Introduction....Pages 1-12 Crisis of a Rich State: Botswana’s Dilemma in Financing Tertiary Education....Pages 13-37 Funding Higher Education in Ethiopia: Modalities, Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects....Pages 38-70 Revenue Diversification and Resource Utilisation in Ethiopian Universities....Pages 71-97 Implications of Alternative Higher Education Financing Policies on Equity and Quality: The Kenyan Experience....Pages 98-129 Entrepreneurship as an Alternative Approach to Funding of Public Universities in Kenya....Pages 130-146 Challenges and Opportunities of Higher Education Funding Policies and Programs in Madagascar....Pages 147-183 Financing Higher Education in Malawi: Prospects, Challenges and Opportunities....Pages 184-213 Funding Higher Education in Tanzania: Modalities, Challenges, Prospects and a Proposal for New Funding Modalities....Pages 214-246 Funding Higher Education in Uganda: With Special Emphasis on Donor’s Role and Contribution of National Communities Approaches....Pages 247-275 Funding Higher Education in Uganda: Making the Case for the Liberalisation of Student Fees....Pages 276-295 Students’ Perceptions of Financing Public Universities in Zambia: Toward a More Sustainable and Inclusive Policy Strategy....Pages 296-326 Funding Higher Education in Zimbabwe: Experience, Challenges and Opportunities of the Cadetship Scheme....Pages 327-350 Conclusion....Pages 351-363 Back Matter....Pages 365-372 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. If one looks around the world, the region perhaps least served by relevant research literature and analysis of higher education is Sub-Saharan Africa. Funding Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa addresses this gap. Drawing on in-depth, evidence-based research from nine countries including Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, this volume sets out a comprehensive analysis of financing patterns currently being adopted by institutions across Eastern and Southern Africa to help accommodate the rapidly growing number of enrolments and massification of education. This book makes an impressive contribution to two key areas of Africa's higher education development: a better understanding of patterns of funding and the need to improve deeper research on African higher education