Biographical Sketch: Johnson ISHENGOMA

Forum Presenter

Institution: University of Dar es Salaam

Country: Tanzania

Johnson Muchunguzi Ishengoma holds a PhD in Social Foiundations of Education with concentrations in Comparative and Global Studies in Education and Higher Education Finance from the State University of New York at Buffalo (USA)and MA (Ed) and BA (Ed) degrees from the University of Dar es Salaam. Dr. Ishengoma was also a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow at Boston University, School of Education in 1998/1999 and is also a member of the Boston University Working Group for UNESCO on the Right to Education in Africa. His research interest areas include: financing of higher education in Africa-particulary cost sharing in higher education policy and student loans; access and equity issues in higher education; private higher education; and quality assurance in higher education. He is currently a Lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam in the Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Planning and Administration where he is also a National Coordinator of the UNESCO/IIEP Distance Education Program on Education Sector Planning.