A global perspective on private higher education / edited by Mahsood Shah, Chenicheri Sid Nair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shah, Mahsood.

Contributor:

Shah, Mahsood, editor.

Nair, Chenicheri Sid, editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Private universities and colleges.

Education, Higher.

Education and globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 341 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), map

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Chandos Publishing, [2016]

Summary:

This book provides a review of the significant growth of private higher education in many parts of the world during the last decade, bringing together the trends relating to the growth and decline of private higher education providers, highlighting and discussing the key contributing factors relating to these changes from 17 countries across all continents.

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

5.9 Impact of privately funded providers on the UK higher education sector?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 14, 2016).

Other Format:

Print version: Shah, Mahsood A Global Perspective on Private Higher Education

ISBN:

9780081008980

0081008988

9780081008720

0081008724

OCLC:

956735865