Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ416897
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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The Privatization of Higher Education in Colombia: Effects on Quality and Equity.
Patrinos, Harry Anthony
Higher Education, v20 n2 p161-73 Sep 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. Decentralization is seen as remote. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Role, Decentralization, Developing Nations, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Private Colleges, Privatization, Program Development, Public Policy, Scholarships, Student Loan Programs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia
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