Effective Mechanisms of State-Legal Regulation in Higher Education: Analysis and Implementation Framework
Galiakbarova G. Khassenov M. Omarova E. Zharkenova S. Berdiyarova Z. Saimova S.
June 2025Ital Publication
Emerging Science Journal
2025#9Issue 31530 - 1560 pp.
This study analyzes how state-legal control has fostered higher education in Kazakhstan using the best legal techniques from the US, UK, Germany, and France. Kazakhstan needs strong legislative power, economic accountability, institutional independence, and academic freedom to develop its university system and compete globally. The study aims to establish a state-legal regulating structure for Kazakhstans universities using global best practices. The study used panel data from 2000 to 2023 using the ARDL approach to assess the long-term and short-term effects of legislative and policy issues on higher education quality. The Pedroni residual cointegration test confirms long-run equilibrium relationships between variables, and robust least squares regression analyzes country-specific effects. The panel ARDL found that firm legal control, public education spending, research and development, and student mobility improve higher education quality. However, university autonomy has varied effects in the long run. Short-term academic independence hurts education quality, but student mobility is desirable. Results show that public education investment and student mobility increase higher education in Kazakhstan, but academic freedom diminishes it. US education quality is improved by strict legislative oversight but lowered by public education funding and university autonomy. This study developed the LEGAF-EDU (Legal, Governance, Autonomy, and Funding for Higher Education Development) Framework, a transformative model for Kazakhstans regulatory concerns. This strategy combines legislative monitoring with institutional autonomy to create a stable, flexible government that assures high-quality education and holds the state accountable. The study advances legislation and policy by proposing an evidence-based higher education reform for Kazakhstan.
Higher Education Regulation , Institutional Autonomy , Kazakhstan , Legal Governance , Public Education Expenditures , Student Mobility
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Department of Law, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
School of Law, Maqsut Narikbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Department of Medical Law and Ethics, Astana Medical University, Astana, Kazakhstan
School of Law, Astana International University, Astana, Kazakhstan
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