Some reflections on the expansion and quality of higher education in public universities in kenya

Research in Post-Compulsory Education

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 415-425

  Sifuna, Daniel N ^a  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Expansion; Public universities; Quality of higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650260648     PISSN: 13596748     EISSN: 17475112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13596748.2010.526803     Document Type: Article

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