Recent News Articles on Private Higher Education

 

The section of News Articles presents a sampling of recent news features from periodicals and newsletters. The dates shown in parentheses below refer to the date of the original article (not to the date of the PROPHE posting). Most Summaries and some Observations are by various PROPHEts (as noted on each entry), along with PROPHE Director Daniel Levy, who does most of the Observations.

There are now 152 entries (as of May 2008).

PROPHE welcomes submission of such articles from anywhere in the world. It might post such submissions to its viewers as long as interest is sufficient and any required authorization is received. Another option is to post a summary of the contents.

Country or Region	News Articles (by regions)
	Global
Global (general)	Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Cross-Border Education are Proposed (December 05)
	Africa
Ghana	A Foray into the Liberal Arts Model (January 08)
Kenya	1. Bribery Delays Registration (March 05) 2. Accreditation Scam Unearthed (March 08)
Malawi	Governmental Crackdown Plan on Malawian Private Higher Education (August 05)
Nigeria	1. Nigerian Government Intervenes on Private Higher Education Quality (January 05) 2. Nigerian Private Higher Education Seen as Marketization (March 05) 3. Nigerian Private Varsities Get Government's Approvals (June 05) 4. Nigerian Private Universities Contribute to Their Society (December 05) 5. Controversial Debate on More Private Universities (Feburary 06) 6. New Private Universities in Nigeria (May 07)
South Africa	1. Reality of Private Higher Education in South Africa (January 06) 2.For-profit Consolidation in South Africa(February 08)
Uganda	1. Uganda Moves Against Illegal Institutions (May 03) 2. Government's Concern on Ugandan Private Higher Education (March 05) 3.Debate over Tax exemption(May 08)
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwean Government Strengthens Quality Assurance of Private Colleges (June 05)
	Asia: East
Asia (general)	Government Involvement and Private Expansion in Asian Higher Education(October 03)
China	1. New Private Realities in Chinese Higher Education (August 03) 2. Law Promotes Incentives in Private Institutions (February 03) 3. Stanford Branch Campus in Peking University (May 04) 4. Fast Growth of Chinese Software Colleges (March 04) 5. Enrollment Malpractices in Chinese Private Colleges (August 04) 6. Taiwan's MOE Refuses Forcing Private Colleges and Universities to Change Names (January 2005) 7. Three Shanghai Private Colleges are Granted Major Admission Freedom (February 05) 8. Thriving Chinese Business Schools and Their US Private University Partners (January 06) 9. Private College Student Protest over Diploma Title (June 06)
Japan	1. Financial Problems Plague Japanese Private Institutions (February 03) 2. Controversy over Prepaid Tuition (November 03) 3. Embezzlement in Japanese Private University (September 04) 4. Japanese University Merger (January 06) 5. A Merger Prototype Led by Private Universities in Japan (November 06)
Mongolia	A Private Explosion (February 05)
Singapore	Singapore Private Education on the Defensive (September 04)
South Korea	1. Corruption and Dismissal in South Korea Private Higher Education (September 04) 2. South Korean Universities May be Listed on Stock Market (December 05) 3. Tuition as a Prime Source of Revenue for South Korean Private Universities (March 06) 4. Weak Admissions Oversight in South Korea (January 08)
Taiwan	1. The China Name Game in Taiwan (January 05) 2. From Public to Private Elite Status (February 05) 3. Taiwanese and German Partnership in Higher Education Exchanges (March 05)
	Asia: South
Afghanistan	1. Private Beginnings In Afghanistan (May 03) 2. Afghan Government and USAID Partner for Private Higher Education (March 05)
Bangladesh	Bangladeshi Closures (January 05)
India	1. Tuition Hike in Indian Private Medical Colleges (September 03) 2. Hostility towards For-Profit Higher Education (February 04) 3. Supreme Court's "No" to Profiteering (August 03) 4. Private Universities' Explosion at Chattisgarh in India (June 04) 5. State Primacy over Private Sector (January 05) 6. Indian 108 Private University Closure (February 05) 7. Indian Supreme Court Rules on Quotas and Profits (September 05) 8. Indian Private Colleges Forced to Provide Quotas for Low-Caste Students (December 05) 9. Claims and Counter-Claims about an Unprecedented Philanthropic Pledge (July 06) 10. A Newly Defined Indian Business School: A Challenging Case to Higher Education in a Cross-Boarder Education Era (September 06) 11. Controversy over Indian Initiative of the Foreign University Bill (July 07)
Malaysia	1. Rapid Growth in Malaysian Privates (July 03) 2. Malaysian Government Facilitates Private University Status (October 04) 3. Malaysian Private Higher Education Responses to Globalization (October 04) 4. Growing Foreign Students Population in Malaysian Private Higher Education (February 05) 5. Malaysian Private Higher Education Provision for Foreign Students (February 05) 6. Governmental Aims to Control Illegal Actions of Malaysian Private Higher Education Institutions (August 05) 7. Controversy over Report's Recommendations on Private and Public Higher Education (May 06)
Pakistan	1. Pakistani Private Universities Request Deadline Extension on License Withdrawals (December 04) 2. Private Sector Helps Promote Pakistani Higher Education (August 05) 3. Pakistani Private Universities Closure due to an Illegal Operation (March 06) 4. Recent Governmental Agendas on Private Higher Education in Pakistan (May 06) 5.Nine Foreign Universities Stop Efforts to Create Engineering Schools (May 08)
Philippine	Philippine Governmental Control on Private Higher Education's Fees (May 05)
Sri Lanka	Calls to Allow Sri Lankan Private Expansion (August 05)
Vietnam	Government Support for Cross-Border Partnership:Vietnam's First Private International University (February 08)
	Australia & Oceania
Australia	1. Carnegie Mellon and Australia in New Private-Public Arrangement (October 04) 2. Australian Reform Promotes Private Higher Education (March 05) 3. Australian Private University Access to Public Funds (March 05) 4. Australian Governmental Grants for Private Universities' New Infrastructure (March 05) 5. Change in Student Loan Scheme: A Potential for Private Sector? (October 05)
	Europe
Austria	Court Voids Private University Honorary Degrees (June 06)
Belarus	1. Belarus Pressures Private University to Close (June 04) 2. More Governmental Control on Belarusian Private Universities (July 05)
France	An Upgraded State Role for France's Private Higher Education (May 05)
Germany	1. German Reforms Continue to Advance As New Private Business School Opens (January 06) 2. Largest Philanthropic Gift in German History (November 06)
Ireland	Irish Private Colleges' Courses Boom (August 05)
Kosovo	The American University in Kosovo (October 03)
Macedonia	Private University Legalized in Macedonia (January 04)
Turkey	A Contribution of Private Higher Education in Eastern Turkey (January 06)
United Kingdom	1. Blurring of British Private and Public Schools (October 03) 2. Wales Facilitates Private University Openings (August 04) 3. Student Assistance in British Private Higher Education (October 04) 4. Privatization through Globalization: A Nottingham University Example (December 04) 5. Private Sector Shares State's Role in UK Medical School (January 05) 6. UK Private Providers with Degree-Awarding Powers (July 05) 7. Investigation on Fake Private Colleges in Scotland (October 05) 8. British Universities toward Privatization via Private Donations (March 06) 9. Controversy over the First Private Higher Education Receiving Degree-Awarding Powers (May 06) 10. A U.S. Corporation to Open the U.K.'s First For-Profit University (November 06)
	Latin America
Argentina	1. Rising Costs for Argentina's Private Students (September 05) 2. Fresh Data on Argentina (January 08)
Brazil	1. Private vs. Public Socioeconomic Standing in Brazil (September 03) 2. Private Sector and Affirmative Action in Brazil (October 04) 3. Brazilian Tax Breaks for Private University Scholarships to Needy Students (April 05)
Bolivia	1. The Private University of Bolivia Builds Its New Campus (November 05) 2. Private Universities will provide 50 scholarships to indigenous students in Bolivia (January 06)
Chile	1. International For-Profit in Chile(June 03) 2. Chilean Congress Considers New Funding and Accreditation Bills (October 04) 3. Chile Strengthens Protection of Students as Consumers of Higher Education (July 04) 4. Government Will Guarantee Private Loans to Students in Chilean Public and Private Higher Education (June 05) 5. Conflict Leads to Student Shunning of the Chilean National University (June 05) 6. New Data Shows No Difference in Earnings of Graduates of Some Chilean Private Universities Compared to Graduates of Older Universities (July 05)
Costa Rica	1. Tuition increase in Costa Rica's Private Universities (January 06) 2. Private Universities increase enrollments in Costa Rica (January 06) 3. Costa Rica's Political Confrontations over Private Higher Education Policy (April 06)
Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic's Private Higher Education Autonomy from Government (July 06)
Haiti	Haitian National Office of Partnership between the Public and Private Sectors (July 05)
Honduras	Laureate International Makes Further Inroads in Central America (July 05)
Mexico	1. Mexico Shuts Down Many Private Universities (May 03) 2. Mexican-US Student Partnership in Private Higher Education (February 05) 3. Mexican Private Higher Education Growth (May 05) 4. Legislation Passed to Strengthen Quality of Mexican Private Higher Education (January 06) 5. Concern over Mexico's Demand-Absorbing Private Higher Education (January 07) 6.Laureate Education, Inc. Acquires Leading Universities in Mexico and Costa Rica(July 08)
Uruguay	Uruguayan Private Universities Seek Parity in National Evaluation (June 05)
Venezuela	1. Venezuela Discusses Proposed Education Lawand Its Potential Impact on The Private Sector (June 05) 2. Venezuelan Private Higher Education on the Threat (September 07)
	Middle East
Egypt	1. Roles of the Private Sector in Egyptian Higher Education (September 04) 2. Government-Private Clash over Tax Breaks (May 08)
Jordan	1. Jordanian Private Presence in Israel? (May 04) 2. Establishing New Private Universities (June 06)
Kuwait	Kuwaiti Government Encourages Partnership in Private Higher Education (May 05)
Iraq	Planning an American University in Iraq (January 07)
Saudi Arabia	1. Saudi Government Support for Private Institutions (June 03) 2. Saudi Government Promotion of Private Higher Education (December 04)
Yemen	Fifty-two Medical Schools Closed at Yemeni Private Universities (May 05)
	USA & Canada
Canada	Critiques of Quality at Ontario's Private Career Colleges (March 05)
USA	1. Notable Capital Flow into For-Profit Colleges(March 03) 2. Privatization of Public Colleges in South Carolina(December 03) 3. State Budget Cuts Hurt Private Institutions (August 03) 4. Preferential Policies in Admission(January 04) 5. Private Competition for Public Money in Washington(March 04) 6. Elite Private Universities' Fundraising Leaves Others Behind (December 04) 7. Western New York Private Colleges Rely on Tuition (December 04) 8. Rising Investments in For-Profit Higher Education (January 05) 9. For-Profit Fraud in U.S. Higher Education (January 05) 10. More State Funding for Private Institutions: For the Needy or By the Strong? (April 05) 11. Yale Cuts Tie to Its Church (April 05) 12. Concern for Quality of Caribbean For-Profit Medical Schools (October 05) 13. U.S. Private University Presidents Earn More (November 05) 14. A Growing Trend of US Public Universities Turning into Private-Sector Funding (November 05) 15. Growing Takeovers of U.S. Nonprofit Colleges (December 05) 16. NYS Freezes the growing of For-Profit Colleges (January 06) 17. Big Endownments at the Top (October 06) 18. Laureate Education is the Target of a Private Take-over (February 07) 19.Too Religious (January 08) 20. What Is a Non-profit and Which Merit Tax Breaks (May 08)

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