Public policy on non-governmental sector development in higher education in Ukraine at the beginning of the twentieth century

The experience of public policy implementation in the field of non-governmental sector of higher educa-tion in Ukraine at the beginning of the twentieth century, including the dynamics of the network of public universities development and its inadequacy of industrial society is analyzed. The background and reasons for the creation of «free» higher education, inconsistent government policies in this area, as well as the formation of the legal basis for the development of private higher education are revealed. The role of private higher edu-cation as an equalizer of government policy inflexibility on the development of higher education as well as its contribution to the elimination of disparities in training of specialists with higher education is demonstrated. The role of private higher education in providing opportunities for young people which right to receive higher education at public higher education institutions was denied by the government because of their state, sex or national attributes is analyzed. The structure of private higher education in Ukraine on the base of the mean-ing of learning activities and a process of equalizing the rights of graduates of public and non-government higher education institutions are highlighted.