SNEJANA SLANTCHEVA is Director of the Regional Center for Research on Private Higher Education in Central and Eastern Europe, and is a member of PROPHE. She is the author of several articles including Private Higher Education in Bulgaria.DANIEL LEVY is Distinguished Professor of Education, SUNY-Albany and Director of PROPHE (Program for Research on Private Higher Education). He is the author/editor of Mexico's Struggle for Democratic Development, Higher Education Policy in Latin America, and The Golden Age of University Assistance in the Americas.

• Acknowledgements Introduction; S.Slantcheva & D.C.Levy Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 PART I - REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES The Long Quest for Legitimacy: an Extended Gaze from Europe's Western Parts; G.Neave Legitimating the Difference: Private Higher Education Institutions in Central and Eastern Europe; S.Slantcheva Legitimacy Sources and Private Growth in the Post-Communist Context; M.Pachuashvili Gaining Legitimacy: A Continuum on the Attainment of Recognition; H.C.Giesecke The European Integration of Higher Education and the Role of Private Higher Education; M.Kwiek PART II - COUNTRY PERSPECTIVES Legitimacy Discourse and Mission Statements of Private Higher Education Institutions in Romania; R.D.Reizs Between the State and the Market: Sources of Sponsorship and Legitimacy in Russian Non-State Higher Education; D.Suspitsin Legitimation of Non-Public Higher Education in Poland; J.Jablecka Institutional Efforts For Legislative Recognition And Market Acceptance: Romanian Private Higher Education; L.Nicolescu Public Perceptions of Private Universities and Colleges in Bulgaria; P.Boyadjieva & S.Slantcheva State Power in Legitimating and Regulating Private Higher Education: The Case of Ukraine; J.Stetar , O.Panych & A.Tatusko Sources of Legitimacy in U.S. For-Profit Higher Education; K.Kinser PART III - CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS Legitimacy and Privateness: Central and Eastern European Private Higher Education in Global Context; D.C.Levy Reflections on Private Higher Education Tendencies in Central and Eastern Europe; P.Scott