This book presents a comprehensive institutional level analysis of a
single public institution of higher education in the Republic of Kenya
using the case study method of investigation. It is the first case
study to use both qualitative and quantitative research methodology to
illuminate the experiences of Kenyan public universities with
internationalization post-independence. Focusing on Kenya’s oldest
national public university—the University of Nairobi’s
experimentation with internationalization, Kenyan Public Universities
in the Age of Internationalization is a first in the East African
region. The book argues that attempts by institutions of higher
education in Africa to engage in internationalization with the much
more older and well established IHEs in the developed world has
perpetuated the colonial legacy that has relegated these institutions
to the position of the Other in the new international order. Several
policy implications are offered on what it means to participate in
internationalization from a marginal, peripheral position. The
conventional assumption that political independence would bring to
most African countries, and by extension their national public
universities, a period of freedom from political, economic and
cultural subjugation and exploitation by the more powerful world
nations has proved elusive. This book is intended for a broad audience
in the field of Comparative International Education. The mixed
research methods used in this book will certainly appeal to
instructors, students, and general readers interested in understanding
the experiences of historically marginalized developing World
institutions of higher education with internationalization.
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Challenges and Prospects
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781498536172
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Lexington Books
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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