Private Higher Education in Post-Communist Europe

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

3. Regional Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25

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   2. The Long Quest for Legitimacy: An Extended Gaze from Europe’s Western Parts

      • Guy Neave

      Pages 27-53

   3. Legitimating the Difference: Private Higher Education Institutions in Central and Eastern Europe

      • Snejana Slantcheva

      Pages 55-73

   4. Legitimacy Sources and Private Growth in the Post-Communist Context

      • Marie Pachuashvili

      Pages 75-93

   5. Gaining Legitimacy: A Continuum on the Attainment of Recognition

      • Hans C. Giesecke

      Pages 95-118

   6. The European Integration of Higher Education and the Role of Private Higher Education

      • Marek Kwiek

      Pages 119-131

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

      • Luminiţa 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

5. Concluding Reflections

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 277-277

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   2. Legitimacy and Privateness: Central and Eastern European Private Higher Education in Global Context

      • Daniel C. Levy

      Pages 279-297

   3. Reflections on Private Higher Education Tendencies in Central and Eastern Europe

      • Peter Scott

      Pages 299-315

6. Back Matter

   Pages 317-327

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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.

• education
• Europe
• European integration
• globalization
• higher education
• integration
• university
• structural geology

• Central and Eastern Europe, Bulgaria

  Snejana Slantcheva

• SUNY, USA

  Daniel C. Levy

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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