private nature of cross border higher education

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I nternational izat ion NUMBER 53, FALL 2OO8

The Pr iva te Nature o f c ross-Border H igher Educat ionJason .hl. .I.,ane and Kevin K.*nse:rJtls*ltLttneljscsstsItrnfprc1fssorintl*I}eput"fnentoJ'EtltLcutianulAt!tnirrrslratjorardPolityStAlbttny

" S{,/hY. Keuln Kin.ser i.s a PitOPffE colkrborating sch*tar undsssnciufe ;:ralessor in tit-e I}ep arin*nt ofEducrttionalAdrnintsfraftcnand Poliry Slrrdies, llniuersity *tAl.lsr-n.y,SrI-ry-!:. E-mail: ilane(dalbaiu.edu; "

kkinser@albanu.edu.

lHE deuates a cttluntn fn encJt ts.st..tr frr ct eontrihutionfram PRAFFIE, ffte .Ilrogrnnrlfoi'Rri.senrch on l\.iuate Highe.rIiiduc*ljcn, headquttrlered" st the Unrrrersir.V a{ Al{unq. Se.e httn: /huu;utfilbarLu.eilul.

Many obstrn'ers have no-ted lflRt the relatively eas"y international rnobility nf sluelerrls, fhculty, 11ncl curriculum facilitatesthe growth of cross-border higire r educzrtitxr. lJqualiy irnportant, ner,v {oieign provirlers are inc,ruraged in rnarrycountries by a polirl'environmcnt that supports ilrivate-sector irivolverneni in education. Private higher oclucaiiouins1'i|utitrns'.especiall 'v'ftrr:-prcftprovideI's,arecIearlyin|erestedintJrecross.lrorc]ernrar]re:.stl,instltrt:tiorls have beeu and contirru.e to be signilicant parlicipants in r:rosr-Lrordel higher eriucatiol" 14r]re1 abroacl,honevor, these public institutisns nearly alr.va;'s operate anil are legally recognize

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sti*e-sponsored entities as if the3" r"-er'*:f\:lly private, nongove]:nmental organizatious. 1l fact, fnreign acadernicinstitutions reutain at a competitive aclvantafie to tlreir true private-sector colleagues tteeause nithi,lr p,rt ii"-i*rto.connections e* home' Even with firewalls to prwent state fun*ls sr othcr r*rrru.*I. to