Private Higher Education: A Global Overview

Private higher education has become a common feature and the fastest growing segment of higher education across the globe influenced by a variety of factors and global developments. This chapter presents the trajectory of the sector’s global growth with the purpose of establishing the context in which the individual chapters in the ensuing sections of the book are discussed. Accordingly, themes such as triggering factors for private higher education development, private size and enrollment patterns, institutional typology and ownership patterns, program offerings, public policy toward PHE, accreditation and quality assurance, funding schemes, weaknesses, gaps, and challenges in the sector have been outlined.