impact of Massification on Resource Adequacy in Public and Private Universities in Kenya
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of resource adequacy in public and
private universities in Kenya. Massification is the rapid enrolment of students in universities.
Kenya has expanded her student enrolment in universities for her development needs.
Research findings raise pertinent issues touching on the quality of education in the Kenyan
universities. The study adopted a causal- comparative survey research design. The
respondents were students and lecturers in the eight purposely selected universities in Kenya.
A sample of 399 respondents consisting of 361 students, 22 lecturers and 16 heads of
Department from four public and four private universities in Kenya were selected for the
study through simple random sampling technique. The inferential statistics used in the study
was chi-square. The hypothesis of the study was stated as “there is no statistical significant
difference on the impact of massification on resource adequacy between public and private
universities in Kenya. The study found that there is no significant statistical difference on the
impact of massification on resource adequacy between public and private universities. From
the study it was concluded that there was no statistical significance difference on the impact
of massification on resource adequacy between public and private universities in Kenya. The
study recommends that university management in public universities should provide adequate
learning, welfare services, computing services and human resources to improve the quality of
education and training in the universities in Kenya.