Revisiting the Fortunate Few: University Graduates in the Kenyan Labor Market

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Previous articleNext article No AccessFocus on AfricaRevisiting the Fortunate Few: University Graduates in the Kenyan Labor MarketRees HughesRees Hughes Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Comparative Education Review Volume 31, Number 4Nov., 1987 Sponsored by the Comparative and International Education Society Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/446718 Views: 21Total views on this site Citations: 14Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1987 The Comparative and International Education SocietyPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Rebecca Simson, J. Andrew Harris Diversity and liberalisation reforms: Evidence from the University of Nairobi, International Journal of Educational Development 89 (Mar 2022): 102535.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102535Narrelle Gilchrist, Amanda B. Edgell, Sebastian Elischer Tribeless and democratic youth? Political attitudes of Kenyan university students toward ethnicity and democracy, Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines 9 (Feb 2022): 1–27.https://doi.org/10.1080/00083968.2021.2008998Rebecca Simson Regional inequality in university attainment in seven African countries since 1960, International Journal of Educational Development 84 (Jul 2021): 102427.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102427Rebecca Simson The Rise and Fall of the Bureaucratic Bourgeoisie: Public Sector Employees and Economic Privilege in Postcolonial Kenya and Tanzania, Journal of International Development 32, no.55 (Apr 2020): 607–635.https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3470Rebecca Simson Africa's clientelist budget policies revisited: public expenditure and employment in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, 1960–2010, The Economic History Review 72, no.44 (Dec 2018): 1409–1438.https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.12820Tristan McCowan, Ibrahim Oanda, Moses Oketch Towards a National Graduate Destinations Survey in Kenya: An Exploratory Study of Three Universities, Higher Education Policy 31, no.11 (Mar 2017): 97–119.https://doi.org/10.1057/s41307-017-0044-xGrace Muthoni Mwaura ‘Professional Students Do Not Play Politics’: How Kenyan Students Professionalise Environmental Activism and Produce Neoliberal Subjectivities, (Aug 2017): 59–76.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58250-4_4Ishmael I. Munene, Wycliffe Otieno Changing the course: equity effects and institutional risk amid policy shift in higher education financing in Kenya, Higher Education 55, no.44 (May 2007): 461–479.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-007-9067-3Ishmael I. Munene Experimenting in distance education: The African virtual university (AVU) and the paradox of the World Bank in Kenya—A rejoinder, International Journal of Educational Development 27, no.11 (Jan 2007): 77–85.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2006.05.002Daniel N. Sifuna The governance of Kenyan public universities, Research in Post-Compulsory Education 3, no.22 (Jul 1998): 175–212.https://doi.org/10.1080/13596749800200030Rujagaata X. Mugisha, Tuntufye S. Mwamwenda Job mobility for graduates in Botswana, South African Journal of Sociology 22, no.44 (Dec 1991): 128–131.https://doi.org/10.1080/02580144.1991.10431945R.X. Mugisha, T.S. Mwamwenda Vocational training, in-service courses and higher education for graduates in Botswana, Studies in Higher Education 16, no.33 (Jan 1991): 343–354.https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079112331382895Rees Hughes Development of Student Services Abroad, NASPA Journal 27, no.44 (Feb 2015): 336–343.https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.1990.11072177Rees Hughes, Kilemi Mwiria An essay on the implications of university expansion in Kenya, Higher Education 19, no.22 (Jan 1990): 215–237.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00137108