Private higher education in Russia: Free enterprise under state control
European Education, (2007)Аннотация
Part of a special issue on higher education in the Russian Federation. A study investigated the approaches, strategies, and mechanisms used by Russian private higher education institutions to maintain their legitimacy with state actors. Participants were 37 faculty and administrators at private higher education institutions in the Russian Federation. Results revealed the development of Russian private higher education under frequently competing imperatives of the state and the market. Although government controls aimed to ensure educational quality, state endorsements of institutional quality seemed to privilege large colleges with traditional curricula and missions and stifle private colleges that demonstrated academic excellence yet were too small, entrepreneurial, or innovative.