The growth of international branch campuses (IBCs) in China, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) accounts for a significant portion of the overall growth of IBCs globally. Conversely the largest exporter of IBCs globally is the United States, with several U.S. IBCs located in each of these importing countries. With the intention of focusing…

In this paper, the author asks what education policy might look like in the United States if it was based on the experience of its most successful competitors. He relies on research conducted by a team assembled by the National Center on Education and the Economy, at the request of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),…

This article is a study of secondary schools in W. County from the perspective of the stratification of teachers' status. It provides a microanalysis of the institutional dynamics of the examination-oriented educational system. In an effort to increase the matriculation rate of the students, the body of teachers has become stratified through…