The Global Education Industry: Emerging Edu-Businesses and Education Markets

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The emergence of a discernable global education industry (GEI) is evident in teaching, support services, curriculum development, assessment, preparation and training, and in education policymaking. As part of the World Yearbook on Education 2016’s focus on GEI, the panel includes a selection of papers dealing specifically with the rise of global edu-businesses and edu-markets. The panel will consider the ways that the GEI represents a market “sector,” how globalization within this sector compares to other sectors, and varies by region, nation, and sub-sector. The papers will shine light on the appeal of this sector for privatizers in both rich and developing countries, highlighting global aspects of this trend in areas such as philanthropic and corporate penetration of education policymaking.

Sub Unit

• International Relations Committee

Chair

• Christopher A. Lubienski, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Papers

• The Emergence and Structuring of the Global Education Industry: Toward an Analytical Framework - Antoni Verger, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

• Privatizing Education Policy: Pearson and the Rise of Edu-Business - Sam Sellar, The University of Queensland; Robert L. Lingard, University of Queensland; Anna Hogan, University of Queensland

• The "Parallel Universe" of Firm-Based Education - Eva Hartmann, Copenhagen Business School

• Teach For All, Public-Private Partnerships, and the Erosion of the Public in Education - Daniel Friedrich, Teachers College, Columbia University

Discussant

• Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Teachers College, Columbia University