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| Title: | New Frontiers of Exclusion: Private Higher Education and Women's Opportunities in Kenya |
| Author: | Oanda, Ibrahim Ogachi |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Periodical: | Journal of Higher Education in Africa (ISSN 0851-7762) |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | 87-105 |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | biblio. refs. |
| Geographic terms: | Kenya East Africa |
| Subjects: | higher education women students access to education private education social inequality Women's Issues Education and Oral Traditions Education and Training education Private universities and colleges Sex discrimination in education Educational equalization |
| External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/43661439 |
| Abstract: | The semi-privatization of public universities and the growth of private universities have been two important developments affecting higher education in Kenya in the last decade. The trend towards the privatization of university education has been in tune with global neoliberal policies that Kenya embraced from 1986. The policies were promoted for their potential to broaden opportunities for previously excluded groups. In higher education, private universities and programmes claim to offer more opportunities for women and a higher transition from college to employment. A close analysis however reveals that these claims are of limited validity. Rather than expanding opportunities for women, private universities in Kenya tend to create new subtle arenas for exclusion. This article analyses the ways in which the logic and practical working of private universities accentuate women's marginalization in terms of access policies, academic cultures and disciplinary orientations. Bibliogr., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract] |
