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I Don’t Know Where to Start: The Most Paralyzing Research Challenge

Research Without Fear: A 3-Week Series for Students Research does not have to be complicated, exhausting, or daunting. In this three-part weekly series, we explore the most typical challenges students experience during their research journey, such as not knowing where to start, overcoming procrastination, and dealing with supervisor feedback confidently. Each article is useful, motivating, […]

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The Great Deception: When SRC Misled a Nation and Beneficiaries Turned Bullies

2 Comments / Higher Education, Kenya, Opinion, Strategic Human Resource Management, Strategic Leadership, Strategic Management / Mary Mugo

A call for honesty, integrity, and respect in higher education University employees nationwide have been on strike for months, not just for compensation but also for justice, truth, and dignity. What started as a pay issue has now exposed a governance instability, disinformation, and disdain for intellectual labor. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) is

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The Domesticated Intellectual: How Professors Become Decorated Slaves

Leave a Comment / Higher Education, Kenya, Opinion, Strategic Leadership, Strategic Management, The Workplace / Mary Mugo

Intellectuals become slaves when they surrender their independence in pursuit of proximity to power. The Fall of the Free Mind Professors used to be the university’s conscience; they were courageous intellectuals who fought for what was right and challenged authority. Many intellectuals nowadays are tamed, refined, obedient, and reliant on the very structures they

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Dissecting the New Student Funding Model for Kenyan Universities: Understanding Your Options

Leave a Comment / Higher Education, Kenya, New University Funding Model, University Courses / Mary Mugo

The university placement process is over, and you now know your course and institution of placement.Some parents have called me in fear after seeing the figures and some are just about to give up. As a student, you’ve probably seen a glimpse of your university’s fee schedule as you prepare to enter the world of

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How Will Public Universities In Kenya Remain Afloat With Reduced University Funding By The Government? Are University Administrators Willing To Bite The Bullet And Do The Right Thing To Remain Afloat?

6 Comments / Higher Education, Kenya, Opinion, Strategic Human Resource Management, Strategic Leadership / Mary Mugo

The Kenyan Government has continued to cut the funding for public universities, with the capitation barely enough to pay staff salaries. Some Universities are unable to pay staff salaries and others delay the staff salaries. Most if not all public universities are unable to remit statutory deductions and pay suppliers. This situation is likely to

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Higher education

I Don’t Know Where to Start: The Most Paralyzing Research Challenge

The Great Deception: When SRC Misled a Nation and Beneficiaries Turned Bullies

The Domesticated Intellectual: How Professors Become Decorated Slaves

Dissecting the New Student Funding Model for Kenyan Universities: Understanding Your Options

How Will Public Universities In Kenya Remain Afloat With Reduced University Funding By The Government? Are University Administrators Willing To Bite The Bullet And Do The Right Thing To Remain Afloat?

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