Private Higher Education in Developing Countries

Synonyms

Private sectors; Public sectors; Privateness; Publicness; Developing countries; Developed countries; Global trends

Introduction

For anyone interested in private higher education (PHE), there is a compelling reason to focus on developing countries. Some 70% (2010 figures by PROPHE 2016) of the world’s PHE concentrates there (as does 61% of total enrollment). A focus on PHE in developing countries is a focus on the educational home of nearly 40 million students – more than double the number of students in developed countries’ PHE. For similar reasons, anyone interested in higher education in developing countries needs knowledge of the private sector as some 38% of the developing countries’ enrollments are in the private sector. And beyond any snapshot of size is growth, dynamic growth. In the last half-century, most higher education growth has taken place in developing countries, and developing countries’ growth has come disproportionately in their private sectors. Today...