Introduction: Education and Post-Socialist Transformations in Central Asia: Exploring Margins and Marginalities; Iveta Silova and Sarfaroz Niyozov. Part I. Complicating The Margins: Internationalization And Higher Education Reforms. Chapter 1. Higher Education in the Former Soviet Union: Recommendations for Reform in 1990--Were They Right? Stephen P. Heyneman. Chapter 2. Internationalization of Higher Education in Central Asia: Implications Beyond the Intended; Martha C.
Merrill. Chapter 3. Accreditation as a Means of Quality Assurance System in Higher Education in Kazakhstan: Developments and Challenges; Sulushash Kerimkulova. Chapter 4. The Development of University Research in Kazakhstan During 1991-2013: A Bibliometric View; Aliya Kuzhabekova. Chapter 5. Higher Education Admissions Regimes in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan: Difference Makes a Difference; Todd Drummond. Chapter 6.
Developing a Common Admissions System for Institutions of Higher Education: Contexts and Considerations; Nazarkhudo Dastambuev, George Bethell, and Algirdas Zabulionis. Chapter 7. The Changing Status of Faculty Work and Life in the Universities of Tajikistan; Zumrad Kataeva and Alan J. DeYoung. Chapter 8. Central Asian Higher Education on the Margins of the European (Dis)Integration; Voldemar Tomusk. Part II. Re-engaging The Margins: Globalization And New Education Inequities.
Chapter 9. Language, Globalization, and Education in Central Asia; Stephen A. Bahry. Chapter 10. Including Children With Disabilities in Tajikistan's Education System: Global Ideas, Local Tensions; Kate Lapham. Chapter 11. Efforts to Overcome Barriers to Girls' Secondary Schooling in Rural Tajikistan: The Importance of Experiential Activities; Kara Janigan. Chapter 12.
Transition From Higher Education to Employment in Central Asia: Graduate Experiences in Post-Soviet Tajikistan; Dilrabo Jonbekova. Chapter 13. Examining Education Change in Urban Kazakhstan: A Short Spatial Story; Elise S. Ahn and Juldyz Smagulova. Chapter 14. Parents' Perspectives on the Educational Market in Central Asia; Christopher Whitsel. Part III. Reforming From The Margins: The Centrality Of The Teaching Profession.
Chapter 15. Ten-Plus-One Ways of Coping With Teacher Shortage in Kyrgyzstan: Before and After 2011; Gita Steiner-Khamsi and Nurbek Teleshaliyev. Chapter 16. Teaching as a Profession in the Kyrgyz Republic: The Quest for (Re)Building the Knowledge Base; Alan J. DeYoung and Rakhat Zholdoshalieva. Chapter 17. Blaming the Context Not the Culprit: Limitations on Student Control of Teacher Corruption in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan; Eric M. Johnson.
Chapter 18. Teachers' Continuing Commitment in Kyrgyzstan; Nurbek Teleshaliyev. Part IV. Redefining The Margins: International Aid, Global Solutions, And Local Responses. Chapter 19. Researching Internationalization and Educational Reform in Kazakhstan; David Frost and Assel Kambatyrova. Chapter 20. Middleman in the Global Education Marketplace: The Role of South Korea in Uzbekistan's Education Transformations; Byoung-Gyu Gong.
Chapter 21. Moving Between Soviet and Post-Soviet Educations in Tajikistan: Institute of Professional Development as Response to Globalization; Sarfaroz Niyozov and Juma Bulbulov. Chapter 22. Pedagogy and Power in Turkmenistan; Victoria Clement. Part V. Conclusion. Chapter 23. Moving Central Asia From the Soviet Margins to the Global Center: Educational Implications and Conclusions; Sarfaroz Niyozov, Izza Tahir, and Iveta Silova.
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