Stability, performance and innovation orientation of a higher education funding model in Kazakhstan
Ait Si Mhamed A. Vossensteyn H. Kasa R.
March 2021Elsevier Ltd
International Journal of Educational Development
2021#81
This article is situated in a growing body of literature, focusing on higher education reforms in countries which emerged, or re-emerged, 25 years ago as the Soviet Union dissolved. With the focus specifically on Kazakhstan, this paper examines how the leadership of universities in this country views a higher education funding model– the state grants. The paper applies the lenses of stability, performance and innovation orientation to the examination of the state grants-based higher education funding model in Kazakhstan. This paper finds that despite recognition of the limitations of the existing funding model, there is limited interest to push for changes. This can be explained by the complex higher education policy environment which is also discussed in this paper.
Higher education funding , Higher education governance , Higher education management , Higher education policy , Kazakhstan
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Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 53 Kabanbay Batyr Ave, Astana, 010000, Kazakhstan
University of Twente, Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies, P.O. Box 217, Enschede, 7500 AE, Netherlands
Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education
University of Twente
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