%0 Journal Article
%T Privatization of Higher Education Reforms in Poland and in Central and Eastern Europe
%A Koralewicz, Jadwiga
%J Zoon Politikon
%V 2020
%R 10.4467/2543408XZOP.20.011.13283
%N 11/2020
%P 324-352
%K privatization, higher education, public and private universities, demographic growth, demographic decline, univ
%@ 2082-7806
%D 2020
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zoon-politikon/article/prywatyzacja-szkolnictwa-wyzszego-w-polsce-i-w-europie-srodkowo-wschodniej-1990-2020
%X 
	This article deals with the transformation of the previously non-existent private higher edu-cation in Poland and Central-Eastern Europe from 1990 to 202o. In Poland, moreover, pri-vatization was particularly intense because of the increase in the country's population. The number of students increased fivefold in the first 15 years. The article describes the relation-ship between private and public higher education. From 2010 onwards, the number of stu-dents began to decline and predictions were made about the demise of private education. These predictions were incorrect. Private universities began, for example, to accept students from abroad and teach in English. Part-time students are now more likely to choose private universities than in the past. About io% ofthese universities have become tediary education institutions, whose students earn more after their studies than graduates of state universities.