Determinants of Quality in Higher Education? Bangladesh Perspective through Private Universities

Despite much growth of private higher education in Bangladesh, it is facing challenges of quality issues in terms of financial sourcing, standards compliancy, qualified faculties and market demand for skilled workforce. This paper focuses on private higher education in Bangladesh with the objective to explore the issues that determine quality and influence the performance of private universities. The paper analyses the internal and external quality assurance policies as practised by the four selected universities that were studied as part of the research, with focus on quality of teaching, quality intake, sources of revenue and related issues. One of the major findings is that financial resource play a major role in ensuring quality education in private universities in Bangladesh.