Paying for financial expertise: privatization policies and shifting state responsibilities in the school facilities industry

Rivera, Marialena

doi:10.1080/02680939.2018.1442027

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“…[1] 'Outsourcing' is a broad umbrella term for arrangements that include 'public-private partnerships', 'private finance initiatives' or 'contracting out' the delivery of educational services (Rivera 2018).…”

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“…However, empirical studies on the effects of outsourcing have raised a number of concerns ranging from the loss of control over the management of outsourced services and inconsistency in the quality of service to the displacement of employees and loss of collegial workplace relations (Adams et al 2004). Outsourcing often aggravates problems already existing in the system, for example issues of equity and quality of outsourced provision (Choi 2018;Rivera 2018). The long-term effects of outsourcing include an increase in costs because of the 'profit factors intrinsic within private enterprises' (Wekullo 2017, 453;Williams 2012).…”

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“…The long-term effects of outsourcing include an increase in costs because of the 'profit factors intrinsic within private enterprises' (Wekullo 2017, 453;Williams 2012). Research on 'contracting out' educational provision in the USA points to a growing involvement of corporate organisations that extends beyond localised operations to influence the education policy process itself (Hursh 2017;Rivera 2018). Whilst advocates of outsourcing point to benefits such as a reduction in costs of service and provision of knowledge lacking within the institution (Lambert 2014), critics have reported an escalation of costs and forms of privatised education that are often 'hidden' from parents, local community and other stakeholders (Burch 2009).…”

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Outsourcing education services in South Korea, England and Hong Kong: a discursive institutionalist analysis

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Choi

Kim

2019

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The outsourcing of education services has been widely adopted across international contexts as a 'tested solution' or panacea to meet various educational problems including school management, curriculum design, teaching and student discipline. Contracting third party providers, it is argued, enhances organisational goals such as efficiency, quality and school improvement. However, the outsourcing of education services has also impacted on established notions concerning the boundaries around teachers' work. This paper deploys the framework of discursive institutionalism to offer insight into how the idea of outsourcing has been activated and circulated by discursive communities in three diverse international settings. Despite its problem-solution logic, the institutionalisation of outsourcing creates its own problems, not least the undermining of teacher professionalism, the 'businessification' of schools and a diminishing of their educational mission.

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Outsourcing education services in South Korea, England and Hong Kong: a discursive institutionalist analysis

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2019

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“…Research so far has focused on offshore or transnational education with limited focus on domestic third-party arrangement. Research on such an arrangement in the USA points to a growing involvement of corporate organisations that extends beyond localised operations to influence the education policy (Hursh 2017; Rivera 2018). Several researchers have voiced concerns about outsourced education such as losing control and ability to manage; inconsistency in the quality of education and loss of identity, culture and collegiality (Adams et al , 2004; Quigley and Pereira, 2011).…”

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Quality assurance in the domestic third-party arrangement in Australia

Shah

Lim

2021

IJEM

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PurposeThird-party arrangements where a university offers its degrees in collaboration with another institution are not a new phenomenon, particularly when the third-party arrangements occur in the form of a cross-border education (or widely known as transnational education). Drawing on a critical review of the literature available on quality assurance of domestic third-party arrangements and through the use of interviews with the sessional teaching staff, the paper offers theoretical as well as practical views on the domestic third-party arrangement and seeks to inform key stakeholders in the academic management of such collaboration.Design/methodology/approachThe study was undertaken with 40 sessional academics who are involved in teaching postgraduate courses at several third-party education providers and universities with metropolitan campuses in Australia. Focus group interviews were conducted with 8–10 participants in each group. The qualitative study included seven open-ended questions. Each focus group interview was between 45–60 minutes.FindingsThe study found 11 universities in Australia offering courses in third-party arrangement with a focus on international students. Online third-party arrangement is also gaining momentum. The study found the following areas that require attention: induction and professional development, quality assurance arrangements, maintenance of standards, adequacy of resources and infrastructure and risk related to academic quality.Research limitations/implicationsLimited study has been conducted on third-party arrangements where a university, usually located far from the city vicinity, works in a collaborative mode with another institution, primarily a private institution, to offer degrees at metropolitan city areas in the same country. Further research is needed with a large number of participants.Originality/valueThe study is undertaken for the first time in Australia. No research has been undertaken on the growth and quality assurance of a third-party arrangement in Australia and other developed countries. The study involves the engagement of the sessional academic staff.

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Coercion and consent for the U.S. education market: community engagement policy under racialized fiscal surveillance

Kissell

2022

Journal of Education Policy

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Paying for financial expertise: privatization policies and shifting state responsibilities in the school facilities industry

Cited by 5 publications

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Outsourcing education services in South Korea, England and Hong Kong: a discursive institutionalist analysis

Outsourcing education services in South Korea, England and Hong Kong: a discursive institutionalist analysis

Quality assurance in the domestic third-party arrangement in Australia

Coercion and consent for the U.S. education market: community engagement policy under racialized fiscal surveillance

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