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This latest volume in the World Yearbook of Education series examines the global education industry both in OECD* countries as well as developing countries, and presents the works of scholars based in different parts of the word who have significantly contributed to this area of research. Focusing on the areas of cross-over in public-private partnerships in education, WYBE 2016 critically examines the actors and factors that have propelled the global rise of the education industry.
Split into three key sections, Part I explores how education agendas are shaped; Part II considers the private financing of education and the export of school improvements to professional consultancies; and Part III analyses new market niches, such as low-fee private schooling and for-profit education provisions.
The book draws upon case studies of many global organizations, including:
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Pearson Affordable Learning Fund
Bridge International Academies
Teach for All
Omega Schools
Co-edited by three internationally renowned scholars, Antoni Verger, Christopher Lubienski and Gita Steiner-Khamsi, WYBE 2016 will be a valuable resource for researchers, graduates and policy makers who are interested in the global education industry.
*Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
List of contents
Introduction 1. The Emergence and Structuring of the Global Education Industry: Towards an Analytical Framework Part I: Shaping education agendas 2. The Role of the Gates Foundation and the Philanthropic Sector in Shaping the Emerging Education Market: Lessons from the US on Privatization of Schools and Education Governance 3. Philanthropic Governance: Charitable Companies, the Commercialisation of Education and That Thing Called ‘Democracy’ 4. Private authority or ambiguity? The evolving role of corporations and foundations in the Global Partnership for Education 5. Entrepreneurial Influence in Brazilian Education Policies: The Case of Todos Pela Educação 6. Brand Aid Funding for Educating Public Humanitarians Part II: Selling school improvement 7. Corporate Social Responsibility and Neo-social Accountability in Education: The Case of Pearson plc. 8. Knowledge production and the rise of consultocracy in education policymaking in England 9. Donors, Private Actors and Contracts: Recasting the Making and Ownership of Education Policy in Pakistan 10. Teach for All, Public-Private Partnerships, and the Erosion of the Public in Education 11. Professional Consultancy and Global Higher Education: The Case of Branding of Academia Part III: New market niches 12. Financial Markets and Investment in Education 13. Unbundling the University and Making Higher Education Markets 14. Education outside the public limelight: The ‘parallel universe’ of ICT certifiers 15. Questioning the Global Scaling-up of Low-fee Private Schooling: The Nexus between Business, Philanthropy and PPPs 16. Economy, Business, and First Class: The Implications of For-Profit Education Provision in the UAE
About the author
Antoni Verger is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Christopher Lubienski is Professor of Education Policy at the University of Illinois, and a fellow with the National Education Policy Center.
Gita Steiner-Khamsi, PhD, is Professor of International andComparative Education and Chair of the Department of International and Transcultural Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University.
