A global perspective on private higher education

AïÅ1/2Global Perspective on Private Higher Education provides a timely review of the significant growth of private higher education in many parts of the world during the last decade. The book is concurrent with significant changes in the external operating environment of private higher education, in...

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Other Authors: Shah, Mahsood,, Nair, Chenicheri Sid,, ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cambridge, MA : Chandos Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier, [2016]
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; A Global Perspective on Private Higher Education; A Global Perspective on Private Higher Education; Copyright; Contents; Editors' biography; Contributors' biography; Preface; 1
  • The issue of contractible quality, quality assurance, and information asymmetries in higher education; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Noncontractible quality and information imperfections; 1.3 Educational providers; 1.4 Conclusion; References; 2
  • What role for private higher education in Europe? Reflecting about current patterns and future prospects; 2.1 Introduction1.
  • 2.2 Private higher education in Europe-how did we get here?2.3 An overview of the private sector in European HE in the last 15years; 2.4 Some stylized facts on private higher education in Europe; 2.5 Concluding remarks; References; 3
  • Private higher education in Italy; 3.1 Trends in the size of private higher education; 3.2 The main legal features of private and public universities; 3.3 The academics in the private and public sector; 3.4 Tuition fees; 3.5 The internal differentiation in the private sector; 3.6 The social make-up of public and private universities.
  • 3.6.1 Sociodemographic characteristics3.6.2 Previous school career; 3.6.3 University studies; 3.6.4 Graduates' performance in higher education; 3.7 The occupational outcomes of graduates from private and public universities; 3.7.1 Theoretical motivation; 3.7.2 Occupational placement; 3.7.3 Type and level of occupation; 3.7.4 Job satisfaction; 3.8 The impact of graduating from a private university on labor market returns; 3.9 Conclusions; Appendix: data description; References; 4
  • From growth to decline? Demand-absorbing private higher education when demand is over.
  • 4.1 Introduction: European and global growth patterns in private higher education4.2 The changing public-private dynamics; 4.3 From the expanding privatized to the contracting publicly funded university; 4.4 Higher education expansion and projections for the future: educational contraction and private higher education; 4.5 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Data Appendix; 5
  • Privately funded higher education providers in the UK: the changing dynamic of the higher education sector; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The changing landscape of higher education in the United Kingdom.
  • 5.3 Context for development of privately funded (or alternative) providers5.4 Mapping privately funded providers in the UK; 5.5 Some specific features of privately funded providers and provision in the UK; 5.6 Unbundling and varied public-private partnerships; 5.7 Students and privately funded providers; 5.8 Governance arrangements among privately funded providers; 5.8.1 Strategic control; 5.8.2 Board membership, size, and committees; 5.8.3 Academic governance and staff/student involvement; 5.8.4 Information disclosure and reporting; 5.8.5 Governance codes.