Department of Economics

University of Delaware

Working Paper #2005-21

Reform in Higher Education: Moving Beyond Transition

Jeffrey Miller

Presentation prepared for the Ken Koford Memorial Lecture

Abstract

 The educational institutions existing under communism were designed to serve a society very different from the democratic market society of Bulgaria today.   Reform was clearly needed in content, organization, approach, didactics and methodology.  We argue here that while Bulgaria has advantages in reforming its higher education system, little progress has been made in important areas and this threatens the future viability of economic development.

JEL:   P20, I20

Key words:   Bulgaria,  transition,  education reform