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Wangenge-Ouma, Gerald – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2008
This paper identifies, examines and discusses higher education funding policy shifts that have taken place in Kenya. The paper argues that even though Kenya's higher education funding policy shifts, from free higher education to cost-sharing, and privatisation and commercialisation, are (to a greater extent) products of the country's encounter…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Social Services, Educational Finance
Lewis, Edward T. – Trusteeship, 1994
Saint Mary's College of Maryland, previously a public college, has become a unique public-private hybrid in response to changes in state support commitments. Although this model could not be applied to most institutions, the experience suggests that college and universities must find new means of financing and relating to the state. (MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, Governance, Higher Education
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Narayana, M. R. – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2006
This article focuses on economic analysis of privatisation policies and postprivatisation control devices in India's higher education. As a case study, the experiences of Karnataka State in collegiate education under general higher education are emphasised. A change in public financing, rather than a shift of public ownership and management to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Economic Research, Private Sector, Foreign Countries
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Pike, Robert M. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1991
This paper reviews the development of the public monopoly of degree-granting institutions of higher education in Ontario, Canada. It examines arguments for private universities which suggest improved accessibility, diversity, and quality and finds the arguments to be insufficiently strong. A recommendation is made for improvement of Ontario's…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
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Zumeta, William – Journal of Higher Education, 1992
Survey data are presented on major state policies affecting private higher education, addressing state spending on undergraduate student aid grants, state funding (besides student aid) to private colleges/universities, state policies toward tuition in public higher education, and involvement of the private sector in state planning. States are…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Expenditures, Government Role, Government School Relationship
Geiger, Roger L. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1991
Current trends affecting private research universities include: privatization, more programmatic support of research, dispersion of university research, and a shift in the balance of activities from the center toward the periphery. Differences in finance and control of private universities are related to their disproportionate importance, given…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Engineering, Federal Aid, Financial Support