About the Journal

The Central Asia Higher Education Review (CAHER) is an international, peer‑reviewed, fully open access journal — with no publication charges for authors or readers — dedicated to advancing rigorous scholarship on higher education. CAHER focuses on systems, policies, practices, and challenges in higher education in Central Asia, while also welcoming contributions on higher education reform and development from countries in the broader Turkic world and neighbouring countries with strong historical and cultural ties with Central Asia (including Mongolia, China, Russia, and countries of the Caucasus).

CAHER provides a multidisciplinary platform for researchers, educators, and policymakers to publish original empirical studies, theoretical analyses, and policy‑oriented research. Our aim is to foster scholarly dialogue, knowledge exchange, and collaborative understanding of higher education dynamics across the region and beyond.

We welcome submissions that:

• explore higher education systems, governance, institutional reform, student experience, access and equity, teaching and learning, internationalization, and other themes in higher education studies;
• employ diverse methodologies — qualitative, quantitative, comparative, historical, or mixed;
• are relevant to scholars, practitioners, and decision‑makers interested in the development and future of higher education in the region.