Private higher education in post-communist Europe : in search of legitimacy / / edited by Snejana Slantcheva and Daniel Levy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812125203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
• ISBN: 1-281-36313-8; 9786611363130; 0-230-60439-0
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2007.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 327 pages)
• Collana: Issues in Higher Education
• Altri autori (Persone): SlantchevaSnejana; LevyDaniel C
• Disciplina: 378.43
• Soggetti: Education, Higher - Europe, Central; Education, Higher - Europe, Eastern; Private universities and colleges - Europe, Central; Private universities and colleges - Europe, Eastern
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Private Higher Education in Post-Communist Europe -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I Regional Perspectives -- Chapter One The Long Quest for Legitimacy: An Extended Gaze from Europe's Western Parts -- Chapter Two Legitimating the Difference: Private Higher Education Institutions in Central and Eastern Europe -- Chapter Three Legitimacy Sources and Private Growth in the Post-Communist Context -- Chapter Four Gaining Legitimacy: A Continuum on the Attainment of Recognition -- Chapter Five The European Integration of Higher Education and the Role of Private Higher Education -- Part II Country Perspectives -- Chapter Six Legitimacy Discourse and Mission Statements of Private Higher Education Institutions in Romania -- Chapter Seven Between the State and the Market: Sources of Sponsorship and Legitimacy in Russian Nonstate Higher Education -- Chapter Eight Legitimation of Nonpublic Higher Education in Poland -- Chapter Nine Institutional Efforts for Legislative Recognition and Market Acceptance: Romanian Private Higher Education -- Chapter Ten Public ; Perceptions of Private Universities and Colleges in Bulgaria -- Chapter Eleven State Power in Legitimating and Regulating Private Higher Education: The Case of Ukraine -- Chapter Twelve Sources of Legitimacy in U.S. For-Profit Higher Education -- Part III Concluding Reflections -- Chapter Thirteen Legitimacy and Privateness: Central and Eastern European Private Higher Education in Global Context -- Chapter Fourteen Reflections on Private Higher Education Tendencies in Central and Eastern Europe -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.