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Ladner, Matthew; Burke, Lindsey; Gardiner, Nile – Heritage Foundation, 2020
Freed of the shackles of the EU, Brexit offers a valuable window of opportunity for the United Kingdom, America's closest friend and ally, to reassess and rethink existing policy in a whole range of areas, from defense and foreign policy to immigration and cybersecurity. Brexit offers tremendous opportunities for innovation not only in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Educational Policy, Educational Innovation
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Andrew Wilkins; Brad Gobby – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2024
Across the globe school autonomy reforms have been criticised for opening up public assets to various dangers or risks, from misappropriation of public monies by private sponsors to secretive governance structures maintained by homophilic groups. While these risks are not the exclusive product of school autonomy reforms, they are an endemic…
Descriptors: Governance, School Administration, Institutional Autonomy, Educational Change
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Moeller, Kathryn – Educational Researcher, 2020
Drawing on an integrative review of the literature on the privatization of education and an empirical case study of technology corporations in education, this article examines the corporate within the political economy of education. It argues that by analytically conceiving of corporations under the banner of the private sphere and,…
Descriptors: Privatization, Case Studies, Politics of Education, Commercialization
Brickman, Michael – American Enterprise Institute, 2021
Education reformers have spent decades doggedly working to improve student outcomes in K-12 education by championing policies spanning federal, state, and local jurisdictions. Higher education is a much different story. Policy ideas at the federal level are plentiful; however, state- or institution-level policies are examined and implemented far…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Outcomes of Education
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Hodgson, Naomi – Educational Theory, 2016
Recent policy changes in the European Union have introduced the requirement for publicly funded research to be published in open access. This can be seen as part of a mode of democratic accountability that not only promotes transparency but also, Naomi Hodgson argues, is constituted by visibility and openness. By drawing attention to the way in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Financial Support, Public Policy
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Mutch, Carol; Tatebe, Jennifer – Pastoral Care in Education, 2017
As neoliberal ideology has come to dominate higher education, the roles and relationships of managers, academics and students have changed radically. This article outlines ways in which neoliberalism and its companion ideology, neoconservatism, have impacted on higher education through a move to individualism, managerialism, measurement and…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Higher Education, Individualism, Commercialization
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Hursh, David – Policy Futures in Education, 2017
In this interview with David Hursh, Bob Lingard comments on his current and/or recently completed research projects in respect to new modes of global governance in schooling and the complementarity between international large scale assessments and national testing. He also looks at a project that, in conjunction with school leaders, teachers,…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Interviews, Commercialization, Foreign Countries
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Bernstein, Alison R. – Thought & Action, 2011
Nonprofit leaders have long been told to behave "more like a business" and the corporatization of higher education, where the author now labors, has gotten critical attention. But these issues are still not widely discussed in philanthropy, where the author once toiled, except by a few intrepid souls who study and critique the field. In the 1960s,…
Descriptors: Philanthropic Foundations, Commercialization, Institutional Administration, Accountability
Board of Governors, State University System of Florida, 2017
The State University System (SUS) of Florida is committed to excellence in teaching, research and public service--the traditional mission of universities. This is achieved through a coordinated system of institutions, each having a distinct mission and each dedicated to meeting the needs of a diverse state and nation. This past year, the System…
Descriptors: State Universities, Accountability, Financial Support, Educational Finance
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Tomlinson, Sally – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2015
This article briefly overviews the likely future of education as planned after the 2015 Conservative election success. Although education was not a major item in election manifestos or in subsequent discussion, the Department for Education claims that it is rolling out one of the most ambitious education reform movements in the world. How the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Practices, Educational Policy, Politics of Education
Medlin, E. Lander – Facilities Manager, 2013
This article poses the daunting question, "Is College worth it?" " Measured in employability and salaries, employment for degreed graduates is down and student debt has surpassed a trillion dollars. Higher education does not seem to be faring any better than other sectors. Looking toward a prognosis for 2020, other factors that have…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Relevance (Education), Educational Benefits, Educational Change
Burch, Patricia; Good, Annalee G. – Harvard Education Press, 2014
In the current rush to adopt and expand digital learning, many important considerations are being overlooked that will have major consequences for the future of American public education. As private education technology contractors and vendors move deeper into the work of public education, questions concerning the quality of the services, who is…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods, Blended Learning
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Eddy, Pamela L.; Garza Mitchell, Regina L. – Innovative Higher Education, 2012
The shifting demographics of faculty ranks, expansion of faculty work, and the expectations of accountability and revenue production place new demands on today's faculty. Collaborating with other faculty members is one option for easing workload demands and reinvigorating faculty members in the conduct of their teaching and research. In this…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Collaboration, Accountability, Commercialization
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Osses, Alejandra; Bellei, Cristián; Valenzuela, Juan Pablo – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2015
To what extent school improvement processes can be initiated and sustained from the outside has been a relevant question for policy-makers seeking to increase quality in education. Since 2008, the Chilean Government is strongly promoting the use of external technical support (ETS) services to support school improvement processes, as part of the…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, Educational Improvement, Educational Resources, School Support
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Taylor, Barrett J.; Webber, Karen L.; Jacobs, Gerrie J. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2013
While individuals in each country or part of the world face unique issues, many challenges facing higher education today are similar across the world. The great majority of higher education systems have grown in recent decades, enrolling far more students than they did in prior years and expanding their activities into new spheres such as economic…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Higher Education, Global Approach, Educational Development
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