Private Higher Education In Post-communist Europe: In Search Of Legitimacy (issues In Higher Education)

PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION IN POST-COMMUNIST EUROPE IN SEARCH OF LEGITIMACY Edited by Snejana Slantcheva and Daniel C. Levy Issues in Higher Education Series Editor: GUY NEAVE, International Association of Universities, Paris, France Other titles in the series include GOEDEGEBUURE et al. Higher Education Policy: An International Comparative Perspective NEAVE and VAN VUGHT Government and Higher Education Relationships Across Three Continents: The Winds of Change SALMI and VERSPOOR Revitalizing Higher Education YEE East Asian Higher Education: Traditions and Transformations DILL and SPORN Emerging Patterns of Social Demand and University Reform: Through a Glass Darkly MEEK et al. The Mockers and Mocked? Comparative Perspectives on Differentiation, Convergence and Diversity in Higher Education BENNICH-BJORKMAN Organizing Innovative Research? The Inner Life of University Departments HUISMAN et al. Higher Education and the Nation State: The International Dimension of Higher Education CLARK Creating Entrepreneurial Universities: Organizational Pathways of Transformation. GURI-ROSENBLIT Distance and Campus Universities: Tensions and Interactions. A Comparative Study of Five Countries TEICHLER and SADLAK Higher Education Research: Its Relationship to Policy and Practice TEASDALE and MA RHEA Local Knowledge and Wisdom in Higher Education TSCHANG and DELLA SENTA Access to Knowledge: New Information Technology and the Emergence of the Virtual University HIRSCH and WEBER Challenges facing Higher Education at the Millennium TOMUSK Open World and Closed Societies: Essays on Higher Education Policies “in Transition” SÖRLIN AND VESSURI Knowledge Society vs. Knowledge Economy: Knowledge, Power, and Politics SAGARIA Women, Universities, and Change: Gender Equality in the European Union and the United States SLANTCHEVA AND LEVY Private Higher Education in Post-Communist Europe: In Search of Legitimacy The IAU The International Association of Universities (IAU), founded in 1950, is a worldwide organization with member institutions in over 120 countries. It cooperates with a vast network of international, regional and national bodies. Its permanent Secretariat, the International Universities Bureau, is located at UNESCO, Paris, and provides a wide variety of services to Member Institutions and to the international higher education community at large. Activities and Services ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● IAU-UNESCO Information Centre on Higher Education International Information Networks Meetings and seminars Research and studies Promotion of academic mobility and cooperation Credential evaluation Consultancy Exchange of publications and materials Publications ● ● ● ● ● International Handbook of Universities World List of Universities Issues in Higher Education (monographs) Higher Education Policy (quarterly) IAU Bulletin (bimonthly) Private Higher Education in Post-Communist Europe In Search of Legitimacy Edited by Snejana Slantcheva and Daniel C. Levy PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION IN POST-COMMUNIST EUROPE © Snejana Slantcheva and Daniel C. Levy, 2007. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2007 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Ma