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Volume #5, Issue 1 - Spring 2002

“More persons will attend colleges and universities in the next century than in all of human history. Most of the capacity to accommodate this demand is yet to be built, and most of it will be built outside the United States.” (Goodman in Altbach and Peterson, 1999: v)

In Kenya, “enrollments in public universities rose from a mere 400 students in 1964, at the time of independence, to slightly over 41,000 students in 1997.” Yet this is only 7 percent of those who complete secondary school education. (Eshiwani in Altbach and Peterson, 1999: 34)

In India, in 1950-1951 “there were 27 universities serving 174,000 students. By 1997, there were 229 universities, more than 8,000 colleges and 6.4 million students, making India’s system of higher education the second-largest in the world.” Yet this is only 6 percent of the relevant age group. (Chitnis in Altbach and Peterson, 1999:19)

In China, “enrollments in higher education institutions rose from about 1 million in the early 1980’s to 6 million in 1998.” But this still accounts for only 7 percent of the college age population in China. (Weifang in Altbach and Peterson, 1999: 14).



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