8 EDUCATION ETHICS LEADERSHIP WITH INTEGRITY (EDS.) GALGALO, S. KOBIA C. STÜCKELBERGER, J. HIGHER EDUCATION FROM VOCATION TO FUNDING «This is a person with Integrity.” It summarizes the values and virtues such as honesty, credibility, justice and respect. Persons with integrity are needed on all levels, from parents to heads of states, from students to Vice-chancellors, from cleaning to accounting, from student elections to national elections. The book encourages in three parts for integrity in leadership, vocation in the professional life and integrity in elections. The book is the fruit of the partnership between Globethics.net and the Ecumenical St. Paul’s University SPU in Kenya, ranked by UniRank as the best private university in Kenya. Most of the authors are from SPU. CHRISTOPH STÜCKELBERGER Founder and President of LEADERSHIP WITH INTEGRITY Globethics.net, Professor emeritus of (theological) Ethics at Basel University and visiting professor in Nigeria, UK, Russia, China. Student at SPU in Kenya 1974/75. LEADERSHIP WITH INTEGRITY JOSEPH GALGALO Vice-Chancellor of St. Paul’s University until December 2020. Professor of Systematic Theology, since HIGHER EDUCATION FROM VOCATION 2021 serving the Anglican Church in Kenya as the Provincal TO FUNDING Secretary. SAMUEL KOBIA Chancellor of St. Paul’s University until 2019, PhD in Ethics: Chairman of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission of Kenya. Former General Secretary C. STÜCKELBERGER, J. GALGALO, S. KOBIA (EDITORS) of the World Council of Churches. Former Board member of 8 Globethics.net. Globethics.net Leadership with Integrity Higher Education from Vocation to Funding Leadership with Integrity Higher Education from Vocation to Funding Editors: Christoph Stückelberger / Joseph Galgalo / Samuel Kobia Globethics.net Education Ethics No. 8 Globethics.net Education Ethics Series Director: Prof. Dr Obiora Ike, Executive Director of Globethics.net and Profes- sor of Ethics at the Godfrey Okoye University Enugu/Nigeria. Series Editors: Prof. Dr Divya Singh, Director of Globethics.net Southern Afri- ca, Chief Academic Officer at Stadio Holdings, South Africa. Prof. Dr Amélé Ékué, Academic Dean of Globethics.net Globethics.net Education Ethics 8 Christoph Stückelberger / Joseph Galgalo / Samuel Kobia (Eds.), Leadership with Integrity. Higher Education from Vocation to Funding. 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This means that Globethics.net grants the right to download and print the electronic version, to distribute and to transmit the work for free, under the following con- ditions: Attribution: The user must attribute the bibliographical data as men- tioned above and must make clear the license terms of this work; Non- commercial. The user may not use this work for commercial purposes or sell it; No derivative works: The user may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. Nothing in this license impairs or restricts the author’s moral rights. Globethics.net retains the right to waive any of the above conditions, especially for reprint and sale in other continents and languages. CONTENTS Introduction ...................................................................... 11 Christoph Stückelberger, Switzerland PART A: Integrity 1 Prioritizing Ethics in Higher Education in Kenya. A National Imperative to Transform a Generation Influenced by Perverted Values ...................................... 15 Samuel Kobia, Kenya 1.1 The Significance and Role of Higher Education ............... 16 1.2 The Vision of the Centre ................................................... 17 1.3 The Imperative of Ethics in Higher Education .................. 18 1.4 A Proposal: African Value Ethics ...................................... 18 2 Service to God and Humanity: Modelling Catharctic Sacrifice as the Leitmotiv of Authentic Christian Service ....................................... 21 Joseph D. Galgalo, Kenya 2.1 Introduction ....................................................................... 21 2.2 Servants of God and Humanity.......................................... 25 2.3 Cathartic Sacrifice ............................................................. 27 2.4 Cathartic Sacrifice as the Leitmotiv of Authentic Christian Service: Offering a Theological Model.......................... 29 2.5 Conclusion ......................................................................... 33 3 Leadership with Ethics and Integrity. The Noble Vocation of Higher Education Ethics ............................. 37 Christoph Stückelberger, Switzerland 3.1 My Studies at SPU 1974-75: Eight Lessons Learnt .......... 38 3.2 Higher Education: Trends and Ethical Challenges ............ 39 3.3 Higher Education as Noble Vocation ................................ 43 3.4 Integrity Leadership as Stewardship.................................. 44 3.5 Governance of Oneself and of an Institution ..................... 50 3.6 Ethics in Higher Education at Globethics.net: Four Programmes .......................................................................... 51 3.7 The New Ethics Centre and Future Cooperation ............... 53 4 Integrity in Higher Education? A Feminist Perspective ..................................................... 55 Esther Mombo, Kenya 4.1 Introduction ....................................................................... 55 4.2 Gender, Ubuntu and the Common Good ........................... 56 4.3 Beneficence, Feminist Methodology, Epistemology ......... 61 4.4 Deontology: Virtue and Gendered Leadership .................. 62 4.5 Moral Subjectivism in the Double Exposure of Short Skirts ........................................................................................... 64 4.6 Conclusion ......................................................................... 67 5 Regulating University Education in Kenya. Ethical and Legal Challenges .......................................... 69 Mwenda Nangwi, Kenya 5.1 Introduction ....................................................................... 69 5.2 The Context of Accrediting Universities in Kenya ........... 71 5.3 Ethical and Legal Frameworks Guiding Quality Assurance in Universities .............................................................. 76 5.4 Some Concluding Thoughts .............................................. 78 6 Money and Morality in Higher Education. Seven Countries Case Studies .......................................... 81 Marie Renee Andreescu / Christoph Stückelberger 6.1 Introduction ....................................................................... 81 6.2 The Evolution of Higher Education ................................... 83 6.3 An Innovative and Competitive Domain ........................... 92 6.4 A Transnational Domain ................................................... 95 6.5 Funding Higher Education............................................... 102 6.6 Ethical Impact .................................................................. 115 6.7 Teachers and Corruption ................................................. 118 6.8 Bibliography .................................................................... 123 PART B: Vocation 7 Higher Education as Vocation: Values and Character ..................................................... 129 Joseph D. Galgalo, Kenya 7.1 Values and Character Education are Different ................ 130 7.2 Leadership and Character ................................................ 132 7.3 Distinction of Facts and Values ....................................... 134 7.4 St. Paul’s University: Integral Education ........................ 135 7.5 Ethnic Norms Instead of Meritocracy .............................. 137 7.6 Academic Excellency and Christian Spirituality ............. 143 8 The Vocation of an Assistant ...................................... 145 Diana Gitau, Personal Assistant to the Vice Chancellor St. Paul’s University, Kenya 8.1 Introduction ..................................................................... 145 8.2 The Profession of an Assistant ........................................ 147 8.3 The Ethics of an Assistant ............................................... 151 8.4 The Vocation of an Assistant ........................................... 155 8.5 Vocation or a Profession: Discerning the Difference ...... 157 8.6 Conclusion ....................................................................... 158 9 The Vocation of a Registrar ........................................ 159 Mercie Wanjiru Gachie, Deputy Registrar, St. Paul’s University, Kenya 9.1 Introduction ..................................................................... 159 9.2 Small Beginnings: Transitioning from St. Paul’s United Theological College to St. Paul’s University................... 161 9.3 Admissions ...................................................................... 162