A global perspective on private higher education

AïŽGlobal Perspective on Private Higher Education provides a timely review of the significant growth of private higher education in many parts of the world during the last decade. The book is concurrent with significant changes in the external operating environment of private higher education, including government policy and its impact on the ongoing growth of the sector. The title brings together the trends relating to the growth and the decline of private higher education providers, also including the keycontributing factors of the changes from 17 countries.

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 andfuture 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 socialmake-up of public and private universities.

3.6.1 Sociodemographic characteristics3.6.2 Previous school career; …