A Global Perspective on Private Higher Education

Mahsood Shah is an Associate Professor and Deputy Dean (Learning and Teaching) with School of Business and Law at CQUniversity, Australia. In this role Mahsood is responsible for enhancing the academic quality and standard of programs. Mahsood is also responsible for learning and teaching strategy, governance, effective implementation of policies, and enhancement of academic programs across all campuses. In providing leadership for learning and teaching, Mahsood works with key academic leaders across all campuses to improve learning and teaching outcomes of courses delivered in various modes including face-to-face and online. At CQUniversity, he provides leadership in national and international accreditation of academic programs. Mahsood is also an active researcher. Professor Sid Nair is currently Executive Dean and Dean Learning, Teaching and Student Experience at the Victorian Institute of Technology (VIT), Australia where he is responsible for the learning, teaching, student experience and quality matters of the Institution.Previous to this appointment at VIT, Sid was the Executive Director of the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC), Mauritius, the apex regulatory body where he was responsible for the formulation and execution of strategies, policies and procedures in the higher education sector in Mauritius.Prior to joining TEC, he was Professor of Higher Education Development at the Centre for Education Futures (CEF), University of Western Australia. His role was to build the capacity of academics in the digital delivery of their teaching. His career path also had him as Interim Director and Quality Advisor (Evaluations and Research) at the Centre for Higher Education Quality (CHEQ) at Monash University, Australia where he headed the evaluation unit at Monash University. In this capacity he restructured the evaluation framework at the university. The approach to evaluations at Monash has been noted in the first round of the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) audits and is part of the good practice database. His research work lies in the areas of quality in the higher education system, classroom and school environments, and the implementation of improvements from stakeholder feedback. He has extensive lecturing experience in the applied sciences in Canada, Singapore and Australia. He is an international consultant in quality and evaluations in higher education.

• Preface1. Europe From Growth to Decline? Demand-Absorbing Private Higher Education when Demand is Over2. UK Privately-funded higher education providers in the UK: the changing dynamic of ‘the HE sector’3. Uruguay The new state of private universities in Latin America4. China The Evolution of a New Hybrid Organizational Form in Chinese Higher Education: An Institutionalist Analysis5. Italy Private higher education in Italy6. Europe What role for Private Higher Education in Europe?7. Reflecting about Current Patterns and Future Prospects8. Hong Kong A Great Leap Forward: Changes and Challenges for Private Higher Education in Hong Kong9. Oman The Obstacles and Challenges of Private Education in the Sultanate of Oman10. Kurdistan The Rise of Private Higher Education in Kurdistan11. India Privatization in Higher Education in India - A reflection of issues12. Kenya Trends in Private Higher Education: The Case of Kenya13. Nigeria Private Universities in Nigeria: Prevalence, Course Offerings, Cost and Manpower Development14. Malaysia Private Higher Education Institutions in Malaysia15. Australia Policy and Regulation of Australian Private Higher Education16. Australia The issue of contractible quality, quality assurance and information asymmetries in higher education17. Ghana Quality and Accreditation of Private Higher Education in Ghana18. Saudi Arabia Private Higher Education and Graduate employability in Saudi Arabia19. USA The Gainful Employment Rule and For-Profit Higher Education in the United States