×
App Icon
The Standard e-Paper
Join Thousands Daily
★★★★ - on Play Store
Download App

How craze for audit cultures have strangled our varsities

Taita-Taveta University Vice Chancellor Professor Hamadi Boga (in light blue gown) receives an ISO certificate from the Kenya Bureau of Standards during the institution’s first graduation ceremony in 2017. [File, Standard]

It is official, Kenyan universities now live in a pervasive audit culture.

The economic imperatives of neo-liberalism and the technologies of ‘new’ managerialism are making a profound change in how universities are managed, and by extension refashioning how academics view themselves.

Get Full Access for Ksh299/Week.
Fact‑first reporting that puts you at the heart of the newsroom. Subscribe for full access.
  • Unlimited access to all premium content
  • Uninterrupted ad-free browsing experience
  • Mobile-optimized reading experience
  • Weekly Newsletters
  • MPesa, Airtel Money and Cards accepted
Already a subscriber? Log in