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Book SynopsisRethinking Private Higher Education takes the university as a core, yet changing, institution in modern nation states. It offers fresh insights into the actual meaning of private' in different university contexts, contributing to a deeper understanding of global policies in specific localities through ethnographies. Essays explore how private universities were established, their context and history, and their changing business models.
Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Notes on contributors Introduction: Rethinking Private Higher Education Daniele Cantini Chapter 1: The Global Trade in Higher Education Ayça Alemdaroglu Chapter 2: The Free Market and Higher Education Carmela Chávez Irigoyen Chapter 3: Challenges and Stakes in the Construction of a Private Market in Higher Education in Tunisia Sylvie Mazzella Chapter 4: Political, Financial and Moral Aspects of Sudan's Private Higher Education Enrico Ille Chapter 5: Private Universities and the State in Egypt at a Time of Social and Political Change Daniele Cantini Chapter 6: University is a Private Matter Annemarie Profanter Chapter 7: Stratification of Higher Education in German Private Higher Education Alexandre Mitterle Afterword Susan Wright Index
