Date of Award

1-1-2012

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Educational Policy and Leadership

Content Description

1 online resource (xiii, 263 pages) : color illustrations

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Daniel C Levy

Committee Members

Kevin Kinser, Marek Kwiek

Keywords

Higher Education, Polish Higher Education, Polish Private Higher Edcuation, Private and Public Sectors, Private Higher Education, Semi-elite Institutions, Education, Higher, Private universities and colleges, Public universities and colleges

Subject Categories

Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Higher Education | Higher Education Administration

Abstract

This dissertation analyzes the degree and shape of differences between private and public sectors (intersectoral) and within the private sector (intrasectoral) in Polish higher education. The intersectoral hypothesis is that Poland's two sectors are quite different and that these differences mostly follow those claimed and so far found in leading literature on private higher education globally. The intrasectoral analysis focuses on the top-ranked private institutions, for which I hypothesize characteristics of "semi-elite" institutions.

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