This paper explores the regulators' perspective and demonstrates how legitimacy deficits of private universities outweigh performance results in decisions regarding university inspections. We examined the period when the regulator had an urgent claim on Russian universities, particularly during the campaign to 'clean the system of higher…

This work analyzes the system of public education in Baku Governorate in the period between the second half of the 19th century and the early 20th century. This part of the work examines the timeframe 1849-1900, i.e. the period from the creation of the governorate to the beginning of the 20th century. The key source used in putting this work…

This work examines the private education sector in the Caucasus in the prerevolutionary period. Consideration is given to the distinctive characteristics of the development of secondary, lower, and primary private education in the region. The key sources used in putting this work together are the annual Reports on Educational Institutions in the…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze training programs for transnational corporations, educational services market, and society. Design/methodology/approach: The paper consists of three components: determination of the role and meaning of training programs of transnational corporations in the system of formation of private educational…

In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries Russia experienced a considerable lack of teachers. In this situation, foreign migrants became Russia's preferred teachers for more than a century. Foreigners were particularly welcome to teach languages and a whole range of other subjects such as history, geography, and mathematics. All teaching…

Supplementary professional education in Russia has grown rapidly, offering training not provided by the state. Further development will require more coordination with both private and state educational institutions, as well as with national and regional educational policies.

The impetus for this study was an article by N. Pokrovskii (2005) describing tendencies in higher education in the United States that seem promising, as they flow objectively from globalization processes and are characteristic of the whole globalizing world. As Pokrovskii is a highly qualified sociologist with a good knowledge of the system of…

In November 2005, UNESCO-CEPES organized a conference on Private Higher Education in Europe and Quality Assurance and Accreditation from the Perspective of the Bologna Process Objectives. Thirteen country reports and a comparative analysis study were commissioned for this specific initiative. The countries included in the project were: Albania,…

Explores international influences on emerging private schools in St. Petersburg, Russia, based on interviews with principals and top administrators. Key channels of international influences include foreign funding sources, foreign-student services, interschool partnerships, pedagogical methods, curricula, and school goals and outcomes. Survival…

This paper presents the main results of a recent survey of private higher education institutions from twelve selected European countries (Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Estonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia) [in the framework of the UNESCO-CEPES project on "Private Higher Education in Europe and Quality…

The emergence and development of the nonstate sector of higher education in Russia was not an easy process: the institutions were under the constant scrutiny of the legislative and executive branches. Due to the "politically even-handed" resolutions that the Ministry and the Committee of the Russian Federation Council of Federation…

Although the history of Christianity in Russia dates back to the tenth century, the history of private Christian higher education in Russia is no more than a decade. This paper first explains the historical reasons for this fact and then describes the contemporary development of faith-based private education in Russia over the past decade. When…

Highlights the condition of the non-state-run educational institutions, specifically secondary education, in St. Petersburg (Russia) focusing on such issues as, but not limited to, the educational facilities of the schools, age-levels accepted at the institutions, the syllabi and curriculum content, study load, and the financial condition of the…

Compares changing patterns in educational finance in Russia and China, drawing on the literature concerning educational change in societies moving from socialism to market economies. Discusses economic and political contexts in the two countries, public and private educational expenditures, decentralization of financial responsibilities, increased…

Outlines the history of private education in tsarist Russia. Follows its development from a smattering of tutors for children of the elite to the establishment of boarding schools and subsequent government inspectors. Discusses the contrasting educational philosophies and personalities involved in these institutions. (MJP)