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Uzbekistan: Higher education reforms and the changing landscape since independence

Ruziev, Kobil; Burkhanov, Umar

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Authors

Kobil Ruziev Kobil.Ruziev@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Economics Education

Umar Burkhanov



Contributors

Jeroen Huisman
Editor

Anna Smolentseva
Editor

Isak Froumin
Editor

Abstract

This chapter is the first study that carefully documents higher education (HE) reforms in Uzbekistan since the demise of the former Soviet Union. It analyses evolution of the sector with clear emphasis on government policy and its impact on changing the country’s higher education landscape since independence. The study highlights complex interactions between the distinct pre- and post-independence contexts, policy legislation and its implementation on the one hand, and the demands of the new market-based economic system and the requirements of building and strengthening state institutions to support the transition process on the other hand. The paper will show why the country’s peculiar ‘strictly top-down’ approach to reforms has not been successful in improving a number of key areas including access to higher education, and human as well as physical capacities of higher education institutions which ultimately determine the quality of higher education provisioning.

Citation

Ruziev, K., & Burkhanov, U. (2018). Uzbekistan: Higher education reforms and the changing landscape since independence. In J. Huisman, A. Smolentseva, & I. Froumin (Eds.), 25 Years of Transformations of Higher Education Systems in Post-Soviet Countries: Reform and Continuity (435-459). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52980-6_17

Publication Date Apr 25, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Pages 435-459
Series Title Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education
Book Title 25 Years of Transformations of Higher Education Systems in Post-Soviet Countries: Reform and Continuity
Chapter Number 17
ISBN 9783319529790
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52980-6_17
Keywords higher education, reform, Uzbekistan, former Soviet Union, transition
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/870542
Publisher URL https://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9783319529790

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