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PROPHE Summary Since 1989, Mongolian higher education has undergone a
phenomenal privatization. Part of this involves private finance and governance
for the public institutions. The other part involves an extraordinary
proliferation of private institutions, to over 200 in just a decade. Prior
to 1989 higher education consisted of only a handful of institutions,
all public. Much of the impetus for the private proliferation comes from
the overall marketization of the economy as well as the increased proportion
of secondary-school graduates who head to higher education. Typical private
institutions are small and poorly funded.
For the full story (shown with permission), see Chronicle of Higher Education, February 2005. "In Mongolia, the Free Market Overtakes Higher Education Private colleges burgeon as public universities languish from lack of resources," by Jen Lin-Liu. PROPHE Observation In international perspective, Mongolia's higher education privatization
mostly traces patterns seen elsewhere as well. However, there is a marked
intensity. As in Europe's post-communist systems, the move from nearly
zero to many private institutions, within a very short time period, is
striking, and in Mongolia it continues. Similarly striking is the demand-absorbing
nature of these institutions, concerns over their quality, and ties to
the job market. Combined with the intensity of privatization in the public
sector, Mongolia's private boom may be characterized as a kind of hyper-privatization.
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