University sustainability in relation to higher education funding model in Kazakhstan in the context of transition period

Abstract

For the past four years, the international team of Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education’s researchers and faculty members has jointly worked with local policy makers, practitioners and stakeholders on the diagnostic analysis of priority areas of the current educational reforms in Kazakhstan. With the official title of Development of Strategic Directions for Education Reforms in Kazakhstan for 2015–2020, the Project has been informally recognized as the Roadmap group. The research project has aimed to provide analytical support for the development and implementation of national policies across different sectors of education.