1st Edition

Higher Education in the Post-Communist World Case Studies of Eight Universities

Edited By Paula Sabloff Copyright 1999
324 Pages
by Routledge

324 Pages
by Routledge

324 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1999, Higher Education in the Post-Communist World focuses on specific public universities during their, and their nations’ early transition years (1989-1995) from communism to democracy and the changes from centrally planned, to free-market economies. The book offers a detailed view of universities in transition rather than case studies of entire systems of higher... Read more

Introduction, Paula L.W. Sabloff

Part I: Models for University Structure

1. Germany, Humboldt University in Berlin: Its Transformation in the Process of German Unification, Helmut de Rudder

2. Russia, A Case Study of the Effects of Changes in Resources on Ryazan State Pedagogical University, Don Hossler, Anatoly Liferov, and Sergei Kostikov

Part II: Changing Politico-Economic National Structures

3. Poland, Transformation of Higher Education in Poland After 1989: Case Study of the University of Lodz, Wieslaw Olesky and Henry Wasser

4. Slovak Republic, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, The Slovak Republic: Gradual but Sure, David A. Turner and Jozef Loksa

5. Ukraine, Toward a New Definition of Quality: Taras Shevchenko National University (Kyiv University), Ukraine, Joseph Stetar and Antoly Pohribny

6. Mongolia, The National University of Mongolia: The Winds of Change, Regsurengiin Bat-Erdene, Surengiin Davaa, and John L. Yaeger

Part III: Changing Economic National Structures

7. China, A Chinese University in Transition from the Planned Economy to the Market Economy: Tongji University, Julia Pan and Fang Yaomei

8. Laos, Restructuring the University Pedagogical Institute of Laos: An Outsiders View, John C. Weidman

Contributors

Index

Biography

Paula Sabloff