PROPHE is producing a book series with Routledge, THE GLOBAL REALITIES OF PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION. The first two volumes, issuing soon, focus respectively on Public Policy, and Asia. For further series information here.
For Details, see the website’s new Global Data.
For Notice in the Times Higher Education, see here.
For the first journal article analyzing the PROPHE dataset, see here.
Global data: PROPHE will soon post its full longitudinal database through 2015.
See Country Data and Laws on Private Higher Education.
See contributions to International Higher Education.
PHE in the NEWS: A Compilation of over 3,000 News Reports on Private Higher Education Globally.
Perspectives on Coercive Isomorphism. On Tuesday, April 7th, Willy Chambi will present the initial findings of his doctoral research “Private universities in Bolivia: Perspectives on coercive isomorphism.” Willy is a doctoral student at the Faculty of Education and Social Sciences at Heidelberg University of Education and a doctoral research assistant at PROPHE. This presentation is co-sponsored by PROPHE and UAlbany’s SeaChange. You can find the details to join here.
CORE BOOK PUBLISHED. A WORLD OF PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION, director Levy’s long-awaited book with broad empirical, conceptual, comparative, and historical analysis of the world’s PHE, has just been published by the Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/a-world-of-private-higher-education-9780198903529?q=9780198903529&cc=gb&lang=en
Private Surge in Western Europe. In 2000, both Western and Eastern Europe had c.1.6 million private enrollments, slightly above 10% of each sub-region's total enrollment. Today, while Eastern Europe shows only similar size, Western Europe has c. 3.8 million private enrollments, nearing a 20% share. As international consultant for the German government's funded research projects on the German surge, Director Levy spent a month in fall 2024 lecturing and doing field research in Germany as well as in the Netherlands, Czech Republic, and Italy.
Membership Expansion. PROPHE adds 5 scholars. See the update on the Members page.
