Private Higher Education in Post-Communist Europe: In Search of Legitimacy

ISBN-13: 9781349534821 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 329 str.

Snejana Slantcheva; Daniel Levy; Daniel C. Levy

Opis

An exploration of international privatization of higher education in post-communist Europe from two top scholars in the field. Levy and Slantcheva trace the ramifications of globalization in Central and Eastern Europe as well as in the former Soviet republics.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction; S.Slantcheva & D.C.Levy Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 PART I - REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES The Long Quest for Legitimacy: an Extended Gaze from Europe's Western Parts; G.Neave Legitimating the Difference: Private Higher Education Institutions in Central and Eastern Europe; S.Slantcheva Legitimacy Sources and Private Growth in the Post-Communist Context; M.Pachuashvili Gaining Legitimacy: A Continuum on the Attainment of Recognition; H.C.Giesecke The European Integration of Higher Education and the Role of Private Higher Education; M.Kwiek PART II - COUNTRY PERSPECTIVES Legitimacy Discourse and Mission Statements of Private Higher Education Institutions in Romania; R.D.Reizs Between the State and the Market: Sources of Sponsorship and Legitimacy in Russian Non-State Higher Education; D.Suspitsin Legitimation of Non-Public Higher Education in Poland; J.Jablecka Institutional Efforts For Legislative Recognition And Market Acceptance: Romanian Private Higher Education; L.Nicolescu Public Perceptions of Private Universities and Colleges in Bulgaria; P.Boyadjieva & S.Slantcheva State Power in Legitimating and Regulating Private Higher Education: The Case of Ukraine; J.Stetar , O.Panych & A.Tatusko Sources of Legitimacy in U.S. For-Profit Higher Education; K.Kinser PART III - CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS Legitimacy and Privateness: Central and Eastern European Private Higher Education in Global Context; D.C.Levy Reflections on Private Higher Education Tendencies in Central and Eastern Europe; P.Scott

O autorze

SNEJANA SLANTCHEVA is Director of the Regional Center for Research on Private Higher Education in Central and Eastern Europe, and is a member of PROPHE. She is the author of several articles including Private Higher Education in Bulgaria.

DANIEL LEVY is Distinguished Professor of Education, SUNY-Albany and Director of PROPHE (Program for Research on Private Higher Education). He is the author/editor of Mexico's Struggle for Democratic Development, Higher Education Policy in Latin America, and The Golden Age of University Assistance in the Americas.