| dc.description.abstract | Despite the clear importance of investment in higher education for
economic growth and social development, the sector is in crisis throughout the
world. In all countries, higher education is heavily dependent on government
funding. In an era of widespread fiscal constraints, developed as well as
developing countries are grappling with the challenge. of preserving or
improving higher education quality as education budgets are compressed. The
crisis is most acute in the developing world, both because fiscal adjustments
have been harsher and because it has been more difficult for developing
countries expansion, given relatively low enrolment ratios. Obviously there is
a wide range of determinants of low levels of efficiency in higher education.
But ineffective utilisation and development of available resources (human,
material and financial). is in part attributable to the scarcity of quality
management, the scarcity of trained administrators, to poor organisation and
planning, and to the lack of incentives for cost-effective management. This
study attempts to redress this imbalance. The study begins by introducing the
concept of strategic planning and argues that the concept has relevance and
applicability in Kenyan public universities. The study suggests that only if the
right management structure is in place can the university institutions hope to
cope quickly and decisively and develop corporate strategy. However, the
need to mobilize greater private financing and the need for the government
to giv,e universities greater autonomy to manage their affairs are necessary
conditions for future universities' development. | en_US |
