Private Higher Education in Post-Communist Europe

1. Introduction Private Higher Education in Post-Communist Europe: In Search of Legitimacy
Snejana Slantcheva, Daniel C. Levy

Part I. Regional Perspectives

2. The Long Quest for Legitimacy: An Extended Gaze from Europe’s Western Parts
Guy Neave

3. Legitimating the Difference: Private Higher Education Institutions in Central and Eastern Europe
Snejana Slantcheva

4. Legitimacy Sources and Private Growth in the Post-Communist Context
Marie Pachuashvili

5. Gaining Legitimacy: A Continuum on the Attainment of Recognition
Hans C. Giesecke

6. The European Integration of Higher Education and the Role of Private Higher Education
Marek Kwiek

Part II. Country Perspectives

7. Legitimacy Discourse and Mission Statements of Private Higher Education Institutions in Romania
Robert D. Reisz

8. Between the State and the Market: Sources of Sponsorship and Legitimacy in Russian Nonstate Higher Education
Dmitry Suspitsin

9. Legitimation of Nonpublic Higher Education in Poland
Julita Jablecka

10. Institutional Efforts for Legislative Recognition and Market Acceptance: Romanian Private Higher Education
Luminiţa Nicolescu

11. Public Perceptions of Private Universities and Colleges in Bulgaria
Pepka Boyadjieva, Snejana Slantcheva

12. State Power in Legitimating and Regulating Private Higher Education: The Case of Ukraine
Joseph Stetar, Oleksiy Panych, Andrew Tatusko

13. Sources of Legitimacy in U.S. For-Profit Higher Education
Kevin Kinser

Part III. Concluding Reflections

14. Legitimacy and Privateness: Central and Eastern European Private Higher Education in Global Context
Daniel C. Levy

15. Reflections on Private Higher Education Tendencies in Central and Eastern Europe
Peter Scott

Keywords: Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education, Structural Geology, Educational Policy and Politics, Higher Education