1st Edition

Higher Education in the Post-Communist World Case Studies of Eight Universities

Edited By Paula L. W. Sabloff Copyright 1999

    Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the reorientation of formerly communist countries to the global market system necessitated a restructuring of their educational systems. This book demonstrates how various countries have attempted to reform their higher educational systems to compete in the global marketplace.

    Germany: Humboldt University in Berlin - Its Transformation in the Process of German Unification, Helmut de Rudder * Russia: A Case Study of the Effects of Changes in Resources on Ryazan State Pedagogical University, Don Hossler, Anatoly, and Sergei Kostikov * Poland: Transformation of Higher Education in Poland after 1989 - Case Study of the University of Lodz, Wieslaw Olesky and Henry Wasser * Slovak Republic: Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice - Gradual but Sure, David A. Turner and Jozef Loasa * Ukraine: Towards a New Definition of Quality - Taras Shevchenko National University (Kyiv University), Joseph Stetar and Anatoly Pohribny * Mongolia: The National University of Mongolia - The Winds of Change, Resurengiin Bat-Erdene,Surengiin Davaa, and John L. Yeager * China: A Chinese University in Transition from the Planned Economy to the Market Economy - Tongji University, Julia Pan and Fang Yaomei * Laos: Restructuring the University Pedagogical Institute of Laos - An Outsider's View, John C. Weidman

    Biography

    Sabloff, Paula L. W.