Higher Education: comparative review of governance systems

The purpose of this paper is to provide description of Mongolian Higher education governance system in comparative aspect. Author has analyzed a national schemes of HE governance in Mongolia and other countries. Experiences of reforms provided in different countries in Higher education served as basis for qualitative descriptive analysis. Despite varying approaches to HE governance most of countries have provided a policy on liberalization of HE system. Institutional autonomy and accountability, funding and social responsibility are important component of reforming HE governance.