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Private Higher Education in Post-Communist Europe

In Search of Legitimacy

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  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Snejana Slantcheva

    1. Central and Eastern Europe, Bulgaria

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  2. Daniel C. Levy

    1. SUNY, USA

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Part of the book series: Issues in Higher Education (IHIGHER)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Introduction

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

      • Snejana Slantcheva, Daniel C. Levy
      Pages 1-23

  4. Country Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Legitimacy Discourse and Mission Statements of Private Higher Education Institutions in Romania

      • Robert D. Reisz
      Pages 135-155

    3. Between the State and the Market: Sources of Sponsorship and Legitimacy in Russian Nonstate Higher Education

      • Dmitry Suspitsin
      Pages 157-178

    4. Legitimation of Nonpublic Higher Education in Poland

      • Julita Jablecka
      Pages 179-199

    5. Institutional Efforts for Legislative Recognition and Market Acceptance: Romanian Private Higher Education

      • LuminiÅ£a Nicolescu
      Pages 201-222

    6. Public Perceptions of Private Universities and Colleges in Bulgaria

      • Pepka Boyadjieva, Snejana Slantcheva
      Pages 223-238

    7. State Power in Legitimating and Regulating Private Higher Education: The Case of Ukraine

      • Joseph Stetar, Oleksiy Panych, Andrew Tatusko
      Pages 239-256

    8. Sources of Legitimacy in U.S. For-Profit Higher Education

      • Kevin Kinser
      Pages 257-276

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 317-327
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Central and Eastern Europe, Bulgaria

    Snejana Slantcheva

  • SUNY, USA

    Daniel C. Levy

About the editors

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.

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