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A special issue of the Journal of Higher Education in Africa(JHEA), volume 5, numbers 2&3, is now published on the growth of private provision in Africa. Special issue editors are PROPHEts Mahlubi Mabizela,Daniel Levy,and Wycliffe Otieno.
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Private Higher Education: Global Trends and Indian Perspectives is now published by Shipra. The book’s editors are PROPHEts Asha Gupta, Daniel Levy, and K.P. Powar.
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"South America: Gains Diversity through Privatization." A feature artilce from NAFSA (Association of International Educators www.nafsa.org). Click here to see the article. |
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Fatma MIZIKACI from Turkey is a new PROPHE affiliate. Click here to see her profile. |
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Joanna Demurat is a new Albany PhD student, working on Polish private higher education. She participates in a special Ford-funded seminar at Teacher's College, Columbia University, on advanced statistical methodologies for higher education study. |
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Chinese
scholar, Youxiang Ke from School of Education in Huazhong University of Science & Technology, is in residence for Dec 2007-Dec 2008.
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New working papers are Praphamontripong, Prachayani. 2008 "Inside Thai Private Higher Education: Exploring Private Growth in International Context” and Levy, Daniel C. 2008 "Indian Private Higher Education in Comparative Perspective." |
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PROPHE is presenting a panel at the Associate for the Study of Higher Education, Jacksonville FL, Nov 2008 on “Between Elite and Non-Elite: Exploring Private ‘Semi-Elite’ Universities, with national case studies on Mexico, Poland, and Thailand, as well as a global overview. |
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Director Levy is presenting a global overview at an international conference on Malaysian private higher education and at a UNESCO conference in Paris, both in November. He is also working with a World Bank team on private higher education in Africa. |
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Director Levy participated at International Finance Corporation conference, May 14-16,2008, with providers and government officials from around the world. Photo of Levy lecture at panel on For-Profit vs. Non-Profit: Does it Matter? along with directors of the University of Phoenix and (ex) of Whitney International. In June (5-6), Levy also contributed to a conference "Alternative to Traditional Modes of Higher Education"at the American Enterprise Institute along with two scholar colleagues and leaders from Kaplan,Sylvan, and other for-profits. |
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PROPHE
ran two panels at the annual Comparative International
& Comparative Education Society, Teacher's College, NYC, March
2008. One focuses on Asia, the other on Latin America, both on the
access and equity roles of "demand-absorbing" private
higher education. For the details,
please click "here." |
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Data on Japan's Single Country Case has been significantly updated from the version 2000 and show transformations within the country's private subsectors.
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PROPHE PhD student, Makoto Nagasawa, presented a talk on Japanese higher education privatization in Santiago , Chile, at its National Accreditation unit. http://www.cnachile.cl/actividades/act_02_2008.html. PROPHE PhD student Prachayani Praphamontripong is doing field research back home for her dissertation on differentiation within Thai private higher education. |
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Activities & Events page has been updated. |
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PROPHE
Director Levy presented a talk on Private Higher
Education's Global Surge: Emulating U.S. Patterns? for a conference
on higher education privatization at the Samuel Nieman Institute
for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, Technion University
in Haifa, Israel, Jan 6-8, 2008. |
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Private
Higher Education in Post-Communist Europe, eds. Slantcheva &
Levy, published by Palgrave, 2007 |
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Special private higher education policy issue of Journal of Comparative Public Policy is advancing well. |
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See
enhanced International Data table, now with 92 countries. |
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The
Legal Framework for Portuguese Private Higher Education is now
on-line. See "National Laws"
for more detail. |
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Country
data now shown on private higher education in Egypt, Thailand, Georgia, Portugal and Mexico. See "National
Data" |
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Review
of PROPHE Work: Lloyd Armstrong, a professor and Provost
Emeritus at the University of Southern California, has recently
commented on PROPHE work, including PROPHE
working paper #7. See his full complimentary on PROPHE work
at: http://www.changinghighereducation.com/2006/12/index.html. |
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