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Steiner-Khamsi, Gita – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2016
The article examines how and why the method of "comparison against standards" has benefited non-state actors and businesses in the education sector. Drawing on brief examples from international standard schools in Qatar, Indonesia and Mongolia, the author examines how the global education industry uses the reference to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Standards, International Schools, International Education
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Steiner-Khamsi, Gita – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2008
Sustainability strategies are closely tied to the logic of the donor in every institution. Philanthropies that are set up with a limited time-span tend to scale up their impact differently. The educational programs of the Open Society Institute, for example, prioritize institutionalization over any other sustainability strategy. This is how it…
Descriptors: Donors, Program Effectiveness, International Organizations, Educational Policy