Daniel C. Levy earned his political science Ph.D. (1977), concentrating in comparative politics as well as public policy. From 1977 to 1982 he was Research Associate at Yale University's policy programs on higher education and nonprofit organizations, respectively. He has since taught at the University at Albany, becoming State University of New York Distinguished Professor (1998). Author of 11 books and over one-hundred articles ranging across higher education policy, related non-profit sectors, and Latin American politics, Levy has received long-term and lifetime awards from the leading scholarly association of higher education studies and comparative education studies.

Daniel Levy has written an impressive study of private higher education worldwide in recent decades. The work reports extensive data, sophisticated interpretations of regional and national patterns, and an analysis of the many types of private education that arise in varying contexts. The book is a real advance and will be of great interest.

• 1: Discovering the World's Private Sector 2: Size and Shape: A Global Overview, Highlighting Regional Dimensions 3: Inside the Private Sector: The Typology 4: Inside the Identity Subsector: Mainly Religious 5: Elite, Especially Semi-Elite 6: The Non-Elite Subsector: Bursting at the Seams 7: Reflections on Privatization Through PHE

Daniel C. Levy earned his political science Ph.D. (1977), concentrating in comparative politics as well as public policy. From 1977 to 1982 he was Research Associate at Yale University's policy programs on higher education and nonprofit organizations, respectively. He has since taught at the University at Albany, becoming State University of New York Distinguished Professor (1998). Author of 11 books and over one-hundred articles ranging across higher education policy, related non-profit sectors, and Latin American politics, Levy has received long-term and lifetime awards from the leading scholarly association of higher education studies and comparative education studies.

Daniel Levy has written an impressive study of private higher education worldwide in recent decades. The work reports extensive data, sophisticated interpretations of regional and national patterns, and an analysis of the many types of private education that arise in varying contexts. The book is a real advance and will be of great interest.

• 1: Discovering the World's Private Sector 2: Size and Shape: A Global Overview, Highlighting Regional Dimensions 3: Inside the Private Sector: The Typology 4: Inside the Identity Subsector: Mainly Religious 5: Elite, Especially Semi-Elite 6: The Non-Elite Subsector: Bursting at the Seams 7: Reflections on Privatization Through PHE

Daniel C. Levy earned his political science Ph.D. (1977), concentrating in comparative politics as well as public policy. From 1977 to 1982 he was Research Associate at Yale University's policy programs on higher education and nonprofit organizations, respectively. He has since taught at the University at Albany, becoming State University of New York Distinguished Professor (1998). Author of 11 books and over one-hundred articles ranging across higher education policy, related non-profit sectors, and Latin American politics, Levy has received long-term and lifetime awards from the leading scholarly association of higher education studies and comparative education studies.

Daniel Levy has written an impressive study of private higher education worldwide in recent decades. The work reports extensive data, sophisticated interpretations of regional and national patterns, and an analysis of the many types of private education that arise in varying contexts. The book is a real advance and will be of great interest.

• 1: Discovering the World's Private Sector 2: Size and Shape: A Global Overview, Highlighting Regional Dimensions 3: Inside the Private Sector: The Typology 4: Inside the Identity Subsector: Mainly Religious 5: Elite, Especially Semi-Elite 6: The Non-Elite Subsector: Bursting at the Seams 7: Reflections on Privatization Through PHE