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Managing illegitimacies: Teachers and private tutoring in Myanmar’s shadow education sector
Around the world, the provision of private supplementary tutoring, widely known as “shadow education”, is attracting increased attention. In many...
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The public–private debate: school sector differences in academic achievement from Year 3 to Year 9?
A higher proportion of students are privately educated in Australia, compared with many other nations. In this paper, we tested the assumption that...
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Organisational legitimacy of private providers: Regulators’ ratings and perspectives
This study was conducted to gauge the nature and level of organizational legitimacy of private higher education institutions (PHEIs) in Ethiopia...
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A cross-sectional study on factors influencing patient participation in undergraduate medical education in a public and private hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa
BackgroundThe active involvement of patients in medical education is a common practice globally. Despite this, there is a global paucity of data on...
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Governing private tutoring for public good: Lessons from international experiences
Recent decades have brought significant worldwide expansion of private supplementary tutoring. Demand is especially driven by social competition,...
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Private Higher Education: A Global Overview
Private higher education has become a common feature and the fastest growing segment of higher education across the globe influenced by a variety of...
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History and State of Private Higher Education in Zambia
Over the past decade, the Zambian higher education terrain has been characterized by an unprecedented proliferation of private sector provision of...
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The Public Purposes of Private Education: a Civic Outcomes Meta-Analysis
Since Plato and Aristotle, political theorists have discussed the important role of education in forming democratic citizens. They disagree, however,...
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Impact of Private Higher Education on Inequalities in Vietnam
The development of private education in Vietnam is recent compared with many other countries in the Global South. This chapter focuses on the...
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Private Higher Education in Kenya: The Partner in Development
Private higher education has made a significant contribution to Kenya’s capacity to meet demand for tertiary education, enrolling between 15 and 20%...
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The financial impact of policy reform on the Australian university sector 1988–2019
The 1988 Dawkins reforms were designed, at least in part, to encourage public universities to organize themselves as if they were corporate...
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Who Gets a Better Job? Comparing the Employability of Public and Private University Graduates in Spain
The aim of this study is to analyse the differences in employability among Spanish graduates from public or private universities. Private and public...
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Private Higher Education in Tunisia: Patterns and Trends
This research examines the evolution of private higher education in Tunisia while focusing on the challenges faced by the higher education...
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Ghanaian private higher education providers: are they becoming endangered species?
In Ghana, private higher education institutions’ (PHEIs) share of gross tertiary enrolment is on the decline in the midst of growing demand for...
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Introduction: Market Deregulation from Higher Education to Meritocratic Elitism: Reflections on the Fabrication of Inequality by the Private Sector
This introductory chapter provides a theoretical perspective on the link between private higher education development and inequality. Drawing on and...
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Primary School Students’ Experiences of English Private Tutoring in Uzbekistan Using Participatory Methods
Private tutoring (PT) has significantly expanded worldwide in recent decades. Despite its popularity and implications for the operation of formal...
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Examining Internal Factors Impacting Higher Education Institutions Readiness for Implementing Public–private Partnerships to Foster a Knowledge Economy in Post-conflict Somalia
There is a prevailing consensus within literature that higher education plays a pivotal role in national reconstruction and development. As the...
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Pathways to exploration in higher education: status and institutional logic in public and private higher education institutions
This paper examines the mechanisms through which higher education institutions (HEIs) explore, focusing on organizational status and institutional...
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Private Higher Education in South Africa: The Confluence of Education, Market and Transformation
Private higher education provision in South Africa dates back 200 years. Private institutions formed the origins of the country’s oldest and most...
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Early Careers of Graduates from Private and Public Universities in Germany: A Comparison of Income Differences Regarding the First Employment
Research estimating the outcomes of higher education in Germany has widely ignored the private educational sector. This study focuses on labour...
