Open AccessAn International Exploration of Decline
Author(s) -
Daniel Lévy
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2372-4501
pISSN - 1084-0613
DOI - 10.6017/ihe.2010.61.8515
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , politics , private sector , higher education , public sector , public policy , development economics , public education , economic growth , political science , economics , philosophy , linguistics , law
The decline of private higher education constitutes an untold reality: growth is not a uniform, omnipresent, or inevitable course. Reasons for private higher education decline fall into two broad categories(1) social factors (the lapse of distinct social identity and the demographic shift) and (2) political or public-sector policies (hostile government, regulation, public higher education expansion, and privatization within the public sector).