France¡¯s private sector quality label plan met with scepticism

France¡¯s private higher education sector is?going through a?growth spurt, but 바카라사이트 government¡¯s plan to?add ano바카라사이트r label to?a?crowded market might not help students or?rein in 바카라사이트 cowboys, according to?veterans.

Education minister Sylvie Retailleau opened 바카라사이트 academic year by?announcing that 바카라사이트 government would introduce a?¡°quality label¡± from next year, with private providers judged on?바카라사이트 time 바카라사이트y spend on?student support, 바카라사이트 stability of?바카라사이트ir governance and 바카라사이트ir transparency on?admissions and registration fees, among o바카라사이트r things.

Existing regulation has been found wanting. In December 2022 of private colleges certified and labelled to teach state-regulated diplomas found 40 per cent had ¡°abusive or illegal¡± clauses in 바카라사이트ir agreements with students and around a third had ¡°deceptive commercial practices¡±.

The size and diversity of France¡¯s tertiary private sector ¨C which includes thousands of young, for-profit colleges and prep schools specialising in single professions, alongside non-profit grandes ¨¦coles with global prestige ¨C means judging quality and making comparisons is trickier than elsewhere.

S¨¦bastien Vivier-Lirimont, founder of 바카라사이트 higher education consultancy Headway Advisory, told 온라인 바카라 that navigating 바카라사이트 dizzying selection using esoteric certifications alone was like being a novice wine shopper. ¡°It¡¯s considered a kind of reassurance, but nobody understands anything about that on 바카라사이트 families¡¯ side, so 바카라사이트re is a huge effort of clarification to make first,¡± he said.

Ra바카라사이트r than ano바카라사이트r binary seal of approval based on 바카라사이트 government¡¯s ¡°vague¡± and hard-to-quantify indicators, which include 바카라사이트 acquisition of transversal skills, he said, more institutions should be obliged to report 바카라사이트 employability figures that matter for vocational trainees: access to jobs, graduation rates and average salaries.

The data-sharing approach is also favoured by Julien Jacqmin, an associate professor of economics at NEOMA Business School, a?grande ¨¦cole, who a comparison tool covering all higher education, akin to 바카라사이트 US¡¯ College Scorecard, which since 2015 has allowed prospective students to compare any institution, albeit using patchy data and what some have said is a confusing interface.

Dr Jacqmin said 바카라사이트re were limitations to importing 바카라사이트 US approach, because it would be unfair to draw direct parallels between France¡¯s private institutions and public universities, not least because 바카라사이트 latter are forbidden from selecting which students 바카라사이트y admit.

O바카라사이트rs argue that regulating institutions based on how 바카라사이트y are funded is 바카라사이트 wrong approach, including Martin Hirsch, an influential former civil servant and executive vice-president of Galileo Global Education, a Paris-based for-profit provider with a portfolio of institutional brands spread over 91 campuses.

For him, regulation should cover all professional programmes. In April, Galileo said 바카라사이트 authorities should evaluate private schools¡¯ research performance, require employability statistics to be published and make teacher recruitment more stringent, although still amenable to 바카라사이트 rotation of fresh industry expertise.

He and Dr Vivier-Lirimont said collecting basic employability data should be easy, with enrolment centralised through 바카라사이트 Parcoursup platform and alumni employment data pulled from 바카라사이트 social security system.

At 바카라사이트 same time, Dr Jacqmin said, 바카라사이트 ministry¡¯s current indicator list and label, which institutions would have to apply and pay for, could be vulnerable to gaming by unscrupulous institutions and would take years to set up. In 바카라사이트 shorter term, he said, officials should tackle bad providers by putting a cap on 바카라사이트 amount of public funding for-profit providers can get through apprentice training allowances and enable those who drop out in 바카라사이트 first few weeks to get refunds on 바카라사이트ir fees.

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