A changing public-private higher education dynamics. The Polish Case

Devoted to the presentation of IAU projects and initiatives, this issue focuses more specifically on the IAU 15th General Conference. The In Focus section is on Leadership for a changing public private higher education funding landscape, the theme retained for the upcoming IAU 2017 International Conference and IAU Global Meeting of Associtaions to take place in Ghana in October 2017

A changing public-private higher education dynamics. The Polish Case
Poland provides an interesting example of the impact of rapidly declining demographics on the public-private dynamics in higher education funding architecture, with powerful implications for university leadership. From an international perspective, the Polish case shows how fragile private higher education is when its dominating demand-absorbing subsector is confronted with changing demographics and massive public financing in the public sector; it also shows how interdependent the two sectors are. The history of Polish higher education after 1989 can be divided into two contrasting periods: the expansion period (1990-2005) and the contraction period (since 2006). More...