Vouchers, Tests, Loans, Privatization: Will They Help Tackle Corruption in Russian Higher Education?

Autor/in	Osipian, Ararat L.
Titel	Vouchers, Tests, Loans, Privatization: Will They Help Tackle Corruption in Russian Higher Education?
Quelle	In: Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 39 (2009) 1, S.47-67 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-1538
DOI	10.1007/s11125-009-9117-y
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Privatization; Public Colleges; Standardized Tests; Foreign Countries; Educational Vouchers; Educational Change; Access to Education; Educational Finance; College Admission; Student Loan Programs; Deception; Ethics; Russia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Privatisation; Privatisierung; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Ausland; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Bildungsreform; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Bildungsfonds; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Täuschung; Ethik; Russland
Abstract	Higher education in Russia is currently being reformed. A standardized computer-graded test and educational vouchers were introduced to make higher education more accessible, fund it more effectively, and reduce corruption in admissions to public colleges. The voucher project failed and the test faces furious opposition. This paper considers vouchers, standardized tests, educational loans, and privatization as related to educational corruption. Many criticize the test for increasing educational corruption, but it is needed to replace the outdated admissions policy based on entry examinations. This paper also considers the growing "de facto" privatization of the nation's higher education system as a fundamental process that should be legalized and formalized. It suggests that the higher education industry should be further restructured, and decentralized and privatized, and sees educational loans as a necessary part of the future system of educational funding. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10