Open AccessThe Decline of Thai Private Higher Education
Author(s) -
Prachayani Praphamontripon
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2372-4501
pISSN - 1084-0613
DOI - 10.6017/ihe.2010.61.8519
Subject(s) - demographics , higher education , private education , private sector , demographic economics , drop out , economic growth , public education , business , development economics , economics , demography , sociology
Though Thai private higher education expanded during the 1990s, the private higher education sector has experienced stagnant and declining enrollment since 2002. While private higher education leaders speculate that public expansion and public privatization are the main factors for their declining market share, their public counterparts argue that such a drop mainly involves the country's shifting demographics.