University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Master's Capstone Projects Center for International Education 2001 Privatization in Higher Education of Moldova Zinaida Rumleanscaia University of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cie_capstones Part of the Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, and the Higher Education and Teaching Commons Rumleanscaia, Zinaida, "Privatization in Higher Education of Moldova" (2001). Master's Capstone Projects. 103. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cie_capstones/103 This Open Access Capstone is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for International Education at ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Capstone Projects by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Privatization in Higher Education 1 Running head: PRJVATIZATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION Privatization in Higher Education of Moldova Zinaida Rumleanscaia University of Massachusetts at Amherst Privatization in Higher Education 2 Abstract The purpose of the paper is to describe the existing conditions in higher education and de-mystify the appearance of privatization movement in the midst of transition to market economy in Moldova. The author explores the emergence of private sector in higher education of Moldova and proliferation of private sources of funding in public higher education. The paper explains different aspects of operation of both public and private institutions and provides the analysis of the current problems, benefits and advantages, as well as typology of private and public education institutions in Moldova. The data on privatization in higher education of Moldova includes published literature and on-line sources.