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Private Providers and Market Exit in UK Higher Education
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Hunt, Stephen A.; Boliver, Vikki – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2021
The sudden closure of higher education providers is virtually unknown among publicly funded higher education institutions in the UK, but "market exit" is commonplace among private higher education providers. The UK government is actively championing the expansion of private higher education providers despite a dearth of research on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, School Closing, Proprietary Schools
The Practice of Choice-Making: Applying Bourdieu to the Field of International Schooling
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Khalil, Lina; Kelly, Anthony – Journal of Research in International Education, 2020
This paper presents findings from a recent study on choice-making among teachers, school leaders and parents in a for-profit British international school in Kuwait. Using a Bourdieusian field analysis, the choice-making of the various stakeholders is investigated to reveal their positionality within the school's social space, to examine the…
Descriptors: International Schools, Proprietary Schools, Foreign Countries, School Choice
The Dynamics of "Market-Making" in Higher Education
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Komljenovic, Janja; Robertson, Susan L. – Journal of Education Policy, 2016
This paper examines what to some is a well-worked furrow; the processes and outcomes involved in what is typically referred to as "marketization" in the higher education sector. We do this through a case study of Newton University, where we reveal a rapid proliferation of market exchanges involving the administrative division of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Marketing, Commercialization
The Governing of International Schools: The Implications of Ownership and Profit Motive
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James, Chris; Sheppard, Paul – School Leadership & Management, 2014
There are in excess of 5000 English-medium international schools worldwide. This article reports a study of the governing of such schools that explored in particular the implications of ownership and profit motive. The research entailed a questionnaire-based survey of international school head teachers and interviews with representatives of…
Descriptors: Governance, International Schools, Questionnaires, Ownership
Managing the Tensions between Maintaining Academic Standards and the Commercial Imperative in a UK Private Sector Higher Education Institution
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Pitcher, Graham Simons – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2013
In a changing landscape of higher education, universities have been moving towards a market-led approach to strategic management. This paper examines the case of a UK private sector education provider that gained degree-awarding powers following changes made in 2004 by the UK Government to the accreditation criteria for recognised degree-awarding…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Standards, Private Colleges, Proprietary Schools
Corporate Universities versus Traditional Universities: Comparison through Published Organisation Documentation
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Walton, John S.; Martin, Michele C. – Online Submission, 2004
This paper is a part of an ongoing empirical, multi-modal comparative investigation into corporate universities in the US and the UK, the first stage of which was reported in Walton and Martin (2000). This second stage consists of an in-depth comparative study of the aims and objectives of corporate universities in the UK and US compared to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Proprietary Schools, Traditional Schools, Universities