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German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in collaboration with Kenya DAAD Scholars Association (KDSA)---Kenyatta University Chapter hosted a conference on re-invigorating the university mandate in a globalizing environment : challenges, obstacles, and way forward at Kenyatta University, Nairobi, 26th and 27th May 2005 / [edited by Ruth Bett].

Title
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in collaboration with Kenya DAAD Scholars Association (KDSA)---Kenyatta University Chapter hosted a conference on re-invigorating the university mandate in a globalizing environment : challenges, obstacles, and way forward at Kenyatta University, Nairobi, 26th and 27th May 2005 / [edited by Ruth Bett].
Publication
Nairobi : DAAD,Regional Office for Africa, c2005.

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
  • Bett, Ruth.
  • Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst. Regional Office for Africa.
  • Kenya--DAAD Scholars Association. Kenyatta University Chapter.
Description
viii, 430 p. : ill., maps; 21 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Re-invigorating the university mandate in a globalising environment
  • Re-invigorating the university mandate in a globalizing environment
Subject
  • Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > Africa > Congresses
  • Education, Higher > Social aspects > Africa > Congresses
  • Higher education and state > Africa > Congresses
Genre/Form
Conference papers and proceedings
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • The university mandate / Chacha Nyaigotti-Chacha -- Emerging academic and research agenda / S.A. Abdulrazak -- Management of the university as a corporate entity / Ahmed Hassanali -- Research, the illusive score-card, and the way forward / Paul O. Okemo -- Research for profit : made in Kenya / Paul K. Ndalut -- The challenges to literature in research and development / Marie Elisabeth Müller -- The administration of university examinations / Jacktone Okello Onyango -- Academic freedom and intellectual social responsibility in Africa / Eric Masinde Aseka -- Universities and trade unionism / Nderitu J. Namachanja C. & Kamau G. -- Internationalisation of intellectual property rights through information communication technologies (ICT) / Moni Wekesa -- Geo-information capacity building and building on capacity in Kenya / G.A. Olukoye -- E-learning in Kenya / Mungai Andrew Gichuho & Thorsten Hampel --^
  • WHO--Vision 2020 and its influence on public health research at universities / Ulrich C. Schaller -- Evolving pornography culture and its implications on the spread of HIV/AIDS among university students : the case of Kenyatta University / Lucy Maina and Fuchaka Waswa -- Gender dimensions in university leadership and management / Catherine Ndungo -- HIV/AIDS in universities / Reginah W. Njima and Thomas Schleuter -- Universities and environmental management / Ratemo W. Michieka -- The contribution of English studies to re-invigorating the university mandate in a globalising environment / Josef Schmied -- University and community development / S.M. Mahungu -- An overview of global trends in expenditure on research & development / F.Q. Gravenir & Mukirae Njihia -- Curriculum expansion and income generation / Omotayo Olatubosun Tope -- Globalisation of university programs and community linkages / Samson Rosana Ondigi --^
  • Regional integration and the prospects of co-operation in tourism training and education in East Africa / Melphon Mayaka -- Results of the DAAD Alumni Summer School on topics of integrated watershed management at University of Siegen / Forch Gerd [and others] -- Capacity building in higher education : DAAD's contribution in Africa / Helmut Blumbach -- Education and the development of nationhood in Kenya / Solomon Monyenye -- Student domain / Julia Augart -- Commercialization of higher education in Kenya / Susan Waiyego Mwangi -- Tapping into the ecosystems theory for sustainable operationalisation of university mandate in a liberalising economy / Fuchaka Waswa -- The national university and the African writer in the age of globalisation / Wanjohi wa Makokha.
LCCN
^^2005326966