How Global Capital is Remaking International Education The Emergence of Transnational Education Corporations /

• Main Author: Kim, Hyejin (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Education,
• Subjects: International education .; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Educational sociology.; International and Comparative Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Sociology of Education.

This book offers a first look at transnational education corporations, new firms that operate international schools. The quiet rise of transnational education corporations - or TECs - has implications for education systems around the globe, as corporate interests gain a greater stake in the way scho...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Creation of an International Education Sector
• 3 The Origins of International School Groups
• 4 Government Policies and the Shifting Place of International Schools in the Education System
• 5 Economic Planning, Education Policy, and International Schools
• 6 The Business of International Education
• 7 International Education Goes Global: Transnational Education Corporations as Global Actors
• 8 Conclusion.