Event Description
The School of Education at Drexel University presents Global Education Colloquium (GEC) Brown Bag Lunch Series:
Stratification and the Emergence of the Post-secondary Private Education Sector in Vietnam
Private education is the fastest-growing sector of post-secondary education in Asia and worldwide. This growth is especially notable in developing countries with a long history of state-controlled, public education. Vietnam has had a strong public, post-secondary education sector that has only recently begun to experience growth in non-public institutions. In this research, Dr. Goyette investigates how the growth of the private sector may influence stratification in Vietnam. She finds that private and other types of non-public institutions are more likely to serve more advantaged students from South Vietnam. They pay higher costs to acquire their post-secondary credentials; however, these students also seem to choose more lucrative fields like science, technology and engineering, and business, perhaps as a way to ensure good returns to this investment. This research suggests that as the private sector in Vietnam expands, the influence of family background and region of residence on post-secondary attendance may grow.
Kimberly A. Goyette is an associate professor of sociology and the director of the Center for Vietnamese Philosophy, Culture, and Society at Temple University. Her recent work looks at relationships between schools, housing, and race in the U.S., and explores the privatization and internationalization of universities in Southeast Asia.
------- About the Global Education Colloquium: Established
in November 2013, the Global Education Colloquium is a monthly Brown
Bag Lunch Series that features distinguished speakers and lively
discussion. The topics presented will be the
result of research spanning the full range of learning, teaching and
training topics including international studies, higher education, peace
education, social justice, inequality, politics of knowledge, policy,
leadership and organizational change.
GEC
events are held the third Tuesday of every month on the main campus of
Drexel University, start promptly at 12 Noon. You are invited to bring
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