Forum Focuses on Private Role in Expanding Global Access to Higher Education

by E Wayne Ross on May 16, 2008

The Chronicle: Forum Focuses on Private Role in Expanding Global Access to Higher Education

Educators need to think beyond traditional models to expand access to higher education worldwide, said speakers at a conference here that was sponsored by a private lending arm of the World Bank that makes education loans and other private-sector investments in developing countries.

The International Finance Corporation’s International Forum on Private Education, which wraps up today, focused on issues and innovations that included the increasing role of private higher education in the world market, regulatory barriers to private investment, and the growth of private student loans.