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9781403974259

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

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  • ISBN13:

    9781403974259

  • ISBN10:

    140397425X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-03-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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Summary

An exploration of international privatization of higher educationin 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.

Author Biography

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. 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction : private higher education in post-communist Europe : in search of legitimacyp. 1
The long quest for legitimacy : an extended gaze from Europe's western partsp. 27
Legitimating the difference : private higher education institutions in Central and Eastern Europep. 55
Legitimacy sources and private growth in the post-communist contextp. 75
Gaining legitimacy : a continuum on the attainment of recognitionp. 95
The European integration of higher education and the role of private higher educationp. 119
Legitimacy discourse and mission statements of private higher education institutions in Romaniap. 135
Between the state and the market : sources of sponsorship and legitimacy in Russian nonstate higher educationp. 157
Legitimation of nonpublic higher education in Polandp. 179
Institutional efforst for legislative recognition and market acceptance : Romanian private higher educationp. 201
Public perceptions of private universities and colleges in Bulgariap. 223
State power in legitimating and regulating private higher education : the case of Ukrainep. 239
Sources of legitimacy in U.S. for-profit higher educationp. 257
Legitimacy and privateness : Central and Eastern European private higher education in global contextp. 279
Reflections on private higher education tendencies in Central and Eastern Europep. 299
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