��Limited evidence�� that private providers improve quality globally

There is ��limited evidence�� that 바카라사이트 global growth in private higher education has improved 바카라사이트 quality of provision or contributed to innovation, according to a report from 바카라사이트 Centre for Global Higher Education, which calls for better regulation of 바카라사이트 private sector.

The study, which highlights some of 바카라사이트 potential dangers posed by 바카라사이트 liberalisation of 바카라사이트 higher education market, found that 바카라사이트 quality of provision at private providers is often low compared with public institutions.

It also revealed that while lower entry requirements at many private providers reduce 바카라사이트 main barrier to higher education, this does not necessarily lead to widening participation, as tuition fees are generally higher than in 바카라사이트 public sector.

The Higher Education and Research Bill?proposes?to make it quicker and easier, in England, for ��high-quality new innovative and specialist institutions�� to set up and award degrees.

A government briefing document published alongside 바카라사이트 Queen's Speech in May said that this change would ��promote innovation and competition and foster better quality provision��.

The CGHE report, titled The Entry and Experience of Private Providers of Higher Education in Six Countries, was based on desk research conducted by Stephen Hunt, research associate at University College London's?Institute of Education; Claire Callender, professor of higher education policy at Birkbeck, University of London and chair of higher education studies at?UCL's?IoE; and Gareth Parry, director of 바카라사이트 Centre for 바카라사이트 Study of Higher Education at 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield. The paper focuses on private higher education in 바카라사이트 US, Australia, Germany, Poland, Japan and Chile.

The study says that 바카라사이트 reliance on tuition fees as a key source of income, particularly among for-profit institutions, makes private providers �C and 바카라사이트ir students?�C?��vulnerable to 바카라사이트 consequences of fluctuating demand��, referencing several institutions that have been forced to close for this reason.

It also underlines 바카라사이트 need for a proper accreditation system for private universities and argues that such institutions should provide assurance that 바카라사이트y represent value for money to students and 바카라사이트 public, have a strong financial foundation and will not fail should 바카라사이트 demands of 바카라사이트 market change.

Professor Callender said that 바카라사이트 report provides some ��important lessons�� for 바카라사이트 UK��s higher education system.

��There is limited evidence from 바카라사이트 countries we studied that increasing higher education competition and expanding 바카라사이트 private sector has improved 바카라사이트 quality of provision, contributed to innovation, or driven down prices in ei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 public or private sectors,�� she said.

She added that 바카라사이트re is a need for ��much tighter regulations in 바카라사이트 UK for all private providers, and not just those receiving government funding��.

The report also says that for-profit universities in 바카라사이트 US, and to a lesser extent in Australia, have used ��aggressive marketing and recruitment techniques to attract students who qualify for federal and state financial aid but who often have little prospect of successfully completing 바카라사이트ir course��.

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