Kasha and Quality in Kyrgyzstan
Donors, Diversity, and Dis-Integration in Higher Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6059693 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martha C Merrill (0000-0001-6777-5650, a International Education Certificate, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 5-25 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1056-4934 • E-ISSN: 1944-7086 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2753/eue1056-4934430401 |
| OpenAlex | W588868006 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 14 |
Kyrgyzstan's relative openness to a diversity of ideas, combined with its poverty, has caused it to accept a plethora of international academic institutions and programs, often exported by the sender rather than imported at Kyrgyzstan's request. These institutions suggest a variety of visions of Kyrgyzstan's future and of the political and religious identities of its citizens. The exported programs reveal a range of "donor logics," including different ideas about what constitutes quality. The result is a system lacking in integration. It includes three-year bachelor's degrees, four-year bachelor's degrees, five-year diploms, one- and two-year master's degrees, kandidat nauks, programs based on contact hours, programs using credit hours (some U.S.-style, some European), and universities teaching in Kyrgyz, Russian, English, and Turkish. The result is kasha—literally, porridge, with a little of this and a little of that added in, but in slang, a mess
Bachelor · Openness to experience · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Sociology · Turkish · Vision · Anthropology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Higher Education Governance and Development · Law · Psychology · Social Science and Policy Research
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English in higher education in the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan
Educational Flagships as Brokers in International Policy Transfer
Higher Education in Turmoil
The Affirmative Action Empire
Structure and Agency in the Neoliberal University
Reflections on the Transition from Elite to Mass to Universal Access
Changes in access to higher education
Education and the Crisis of Social Cohesion in Azerbaijan and Central Asia
Defining Quality
Conceptualizing Paradoxes of Post-Socialist Education in Kyrgyzstan
Modernization and Diversity in Soviet Education with Special Reference to Nationality Groups
Comparative Education
Of Credits, Kontrakty and Critical Thinking
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |