Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management Vol. 30‚ No. 3‚ August 2008‚ 215–229 Globalisation and higher education funding policy shifts in Kenya Gerald Wangenge-Ouma* Faculty of Education‚ University of the Western Cape‚ Bellville‚ South Africa This paper identifies‚ examines and discusses higher education funding policy shifts that have taken place in Kenya. The paper argues that even though Kenya’s higher education funding policy shifts‚ from free higher education to cost-sharing‚
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Free education Nearly every country in the developed world provides free primary and secondary education. In the case of university education‚ however there is a great deal of disparity between countries’ education policies. Often states offer financial assistance to people who cannot afford to pay fees. In other states‚ university education is completely free and considered a citizen’s right. In my opinion‚ education is not a luxury‚ but a basic human right. Firstly‚ the state
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“University education has now taken on the importance that a high school education had in the past‚ and has become a necessary ingredient for a good job and a comfortable lifestyle” (John F. Kennedy‚ 1917-1963). Given the importance of a university education‚ the fact that some people cannot afford it and that it should be accessible to everyone it’s thought that university education should be free for all. However it shouldn’t be free for everyone because making it so might reduce the quality of
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Abstract This paper evaluates the benefits of obtaining a higher education. There are many advantages to obtaining a college degree that can benefit the overall wellbeing of an individual. Society will also benefit as a whole due to the nature of one’s intelligence within a community. As for the human race knowledge is power‚ and power can do great things. A higher education promises widespread opportunities for graduates. In recent years it was much more common for high school graduates
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The Purpose of Higher Education Throughout years the purpose of college has been argued by many. Higher education gives students a better shot at finding a job‚ especially at this day and time. Higher education is best defined as a means to make students more employable‚ after all statistics show the more educated the more employed. Students will also learn the skills needed in their field‚ making them more desirable to the field of work. Colleges also have a wide variety of studies for the student
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No one can deny that freedom of speech is one of the most basic rights in democracies both in the United States and abroad. Unlimited freedom of speech however‚ is an unrealistic expectation for many reasons. The most pressing one being a violent reaction to hate speech. We must be able to seek a balance between freedom of expression and censorship of religious and racial hatred. Hate speech is a type of speech that incites other people to hate a certain group in society defined by common characteristics
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Higher education equals higher salary? In China Youth Daily‚ a story of an undergraduate student raised uproar in society last year. A boy named Han Shengli，graduated from a university in Xi’an province，got a salary largely lower than what his father‚ a migration worker earned‚ even though he had devoted four years’ time‚ effort‚ energy and a large sum of money. A great number of people think that those with a university education should get a higher salary than those without‚ for they believe
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Roles of Higher Education Higher Education in today’s world can mean many things; to some it is self-improvement‚ job insurance‚ a development of character‚ social improvement and to many it may just be an experience worth paying for. Whatever it may be the pursuit and completion of higher education is assurance of what the main goal seems to be now “money”. From the interviews I did with my peers and Perlstien’s What’s the Matter with College? ” We can debate the idea; that college
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Mapping Australian higher education Founding members Program Support Grattan Institute Report No. 2012-1‚ January 2012 This report was written by Andrew Norton‚ Grattan Institute Higher Education Program Director. Grattan Associates Julian Reichl and Ben Weidmann‚ and Grattan interns Peter Deutscher and ShanVerne Liew‚ contributed to the report’s research and production. We would like to thank the members of the Grattan Institute’s Higher Education Reference Group for their helpful comments
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they deemed to be inferior.” (Associated Press 1996) At the school‚ teachers took sides‚ and because she was miles away from her parents and other means of support the young student felt ostracized. She felt like she had come to the land of the free and when she decided to speak her mind‚ she was shot down. (Daszkiewicz‚ personal communication‚ February 15‚ 2012) Karen Miner‚ the teacher‚ also felt her own freedoms had been brought under fire‚ and although she had been supported by her school
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