Application

Kasozi, Abdu B.K.

• Executive Director
  
• National Council for Higher Education
  
• Uganda

Abdu.B.K.Kasozi is Executive Director of Uganda’s National Council for Higher Education. He holds a BA in history from Makerere University, Uganda, and a PhD from the University of California at Santa Cruz, He has taught at Makerere University, the University of Khartoum, the Islamic University in Uganda and a number of universities in Canada on a part-time basis.

Select Publications

• University Education in Uganda: Opportunities and Challenges for Reform of Higher Education (Fountain Publishers, Kampala, 2003)
• The Social Origins of Violence in Uganda, 1964-85 (Montreal/Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press, 1994) 
• The Crisis of Secondary School Education in Uganda, 1960-70, (Kampala: Longman, 1979)
• The Spread of Islam in Uganda; (Kampala: Oxford University Press, 1979)
• The Life of Prince Badru Kakungulu (Progressive Publishers, Kampala, 1996)

The Resources and Policies that Provide Great Access to Higher Education

My primary motive for joining the Fulbright New Century Scholars Program is to participate in developing and refining strategic options for raising resources that can lay the foundations of an integrated higher education system that meets the dual challenges of access and equity on the one hand and the delivery of relevant and quality higher education on the other. To achieve both goals, sufficient resources must be available and effectively used. A mismatch between student numbers and resources can compromise the delivery of quality education while unequal access could lead to social unrest. My experience as a researcher, scholar, administrator, maker and implementer of higher education policies will bring a wealth of contributions to NSC in discussing this issue.  I am involved in several research projects and have produced both academic and policy documents on higher education. At the same time, I hope to learn about strategic options implemented elsewhere to address this problem