Research Catalog

Title

Private Prometheus : private higher education and development in the 21st century / edited by Philip G. Altbach.

Publication

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

Altbach, Philip G.

Description

viii, 237 pages; 25 cm

Series Statement

Contributions to the study of education, 0196-707X ; no. 77

Uniform Title

Contributions to the study of education ; no. 77.

Subject

• Private universities and colleges > Cross-cultural studies
• Education, Higher > Cross-cultural studies
• Education, Higher
• Private universities and colleges
• Privatuniversität
• Kongress
• Kongress

Genre/Form

Cross-cultural studies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-225) and index.

Contents

1. Comparative Perspectives on Private Higher Education / Philip G. Altbach -- 2. When Private Higher Education Does Not Bring Organizational Diversity / Daniel C. Levy -- 3. Will the Invisible Hand Fix Private Higher Education? / Claudio de Moura Castro and Juan Carlos Navarro -- 4. Accreditation of Higher Education in Chile and Latin America / Luis Eduardo Gonzalez -- 5. Private Higher Education in Mexico: Growth and Differentiation / Rollin Kent and Rosalba Ramirez -- 6. Private Higher Education in the Philippines: Private Domination in a Developing Country / Andrew Gonzalez -- 7. Emerging Trends and Evolving Public Policies in India / Jandhyala B. G. Tilak -- 8. Corporatization, Privatization, and Internationalization of Higher Education in Malaysia / Molly N. N. Lee -- 9. Private Higher Education in Hungary: The Market Influences the University / Judit Nagy-Darvas and Peter Darvas -- 10. In Search of the Missing Link between Education and Development / Xabier Gorostiaga -- Selected Bibliography / Yoshikazu Ogawa.

ISBN

• 0313312486
• 9780313312489

LCCN

99016142

OCLC

• ocm41431613
• 41431613
• SCSB-8903945

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library