Higher Education Funding Policy: Provision of Quality Education in Selected Universities, in Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of access policies on quality of higher education in selected Universities. The study objectivewas to find out the effect of funding policy of higher education on the provision of quality education. The sample size of the study was 195 where top managers of the selected Universities were 103 while students were 92. The research instruments used included questionnaire and interview schedules. The questionnaire was used on the Admissions Officers, Deans, DVCs, DQA, finance officers, HODs. Data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The study established that there was a positive and statistically significant relationship between funding policy and access to higher education. The study recommended thatthe Universities must be funded Funding effectively, also government allocations to public Universities should be increased. Finally, if the issue of funding is not urgently addressed, then university education in Kenya is on its deathbed