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James, Estelle – Higher Education, 1991
The Philippine higher education system, in which a high proportion of students attend private institutions because of limited space in public institutions, is examined in light of hypotheses about the impact of substantial private provision. The system is discussed, and private and public institutions are compared. Policy implications are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries

Tilak, Jandhyala B. G. – Higher Education, 1993
Problems in the financing of higher education in India, particularly in the large proportion of costs borne by the government, are examined. Several policy proposals to remedy the problems, including privatization, are critically reviewed. It is concluded that there is a need for experimentation with a number of alternatives. (MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Finance, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship

Niklasson, Lars – Higher Education, 1996
Sweden's newly deregulated university system, characterized by increased privatization and performance-based funding, is compared with a model of "responsive regulation" characterized by a cooperative regulatory relationship. Developments and actions during the first few years of reform are also analyzed in this context. Suggestions for…
Descriptors: Centralization, Change Strategies, Decentralization, Educational Change

Levy, Daniel C. – Higher Education, 1991
Although Latin America once was a focal point for student activism, decline of activism is now obvious. Macropolitical causes include the legacy of authoritarian rule, redemocratization, and decline of the left. Unprecedented growth, privatization, intellectual change, and research trends have changed the conditions for activism in higher…
Descriptors: Activism, College Students, Educational Change, Educational Trends

Yorke, Mantz – Higher Education, 1993
The practice of "franchising" higher education programs, or provision of educational programs through vendors, is examined as it occurs in the United Kingdom as a result of recent educational policy changes. A set of principles for assuring the quality of such programs is proposed. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Programs, Educational Quality, Educational Trends, Entrepreneurship

Fried, Beatriz; Abuhadba, Mario – Higher Education, 1991
The impact of 1981 reforms in Chile's higher education system is described and analyzed. The system has been diversified by encouragement of private universities and creation of professional institutes and technical training centers. Funding system changes have produced student loan recovery problems and limited private offerings. Oversupply of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Costs, Educational Change, Educational Economics

Stone, Diana L. – Higher Education, 1990
Australia's higher education system reform, the booming overseas market, and unmet domestic demand have provided opportunities for private higher education. The growth of private provision, federal and state government responses, and pressures for subsidy and regulation have hastened development of a "peripheral private sector."…
Descriptors: College Role, Educational Change, Educational History, Enrollment Influences

Guri-Rozenblit, Sarah – Higher Education, 1993
A discussion of recent changes in Israeli higher education looks at the system's structure, emergence of private law schools, the upgrading of some vocationally oriented postsecondary institutions to academic status, academic tracks of study within regional colleges, and possible future developments. Some comparisons are made with trends in other…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, Comparative Education, Educational Change

Patrinos, Harry Anthony – Higher Education, 1990
The World Bank's proposed changes for higher education funding in developing countries include decentralizing management, expanding private schools, introducing selective student loans and scholarships, and cost recovery. Obstacles in Colombia include quality of and access to higher education and upper class opposition to scholarships.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Role, Decentralization

Twombly, Susan B. – Higher Education, 1997
Dominant social, economic, and political philosophies manifested in the recent debate over the University of Costa Rica general studies curriculum reforms are discussed. It is concluded that the debate is really about the university's role in an environment that values privatization, individual (contrasted with social) benefits of higher…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Curriculum, College Role, Curriculum Development

de Mello e Souza, Alberto – Higher Education, 1991
Issues in the evolution of Brazil's higher education system are discussed, including growth during the 1970s in the private sector, the need to improve access to education for low-income groups, and the need for a system of loans and scholarships to compensate for inequities in elementary and secondary education. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Finance