Our selection covers US-exchange listed for-profit higher education schools - and highlights industry leaders in Brazil
Schooling has become a battlefield dividing mainstream American political parties
By allowing themselves to be prodded into cultural, philosophical and theological absolutism, the standard bearers of educational reform seemingly take for granted what should matter before all, the quality of education to prepare future generations of Americans
Evaluation of quality – a priority in the US Department of Education, under the former Obama Administration - has not been, and will probably never be, self-assured : educational content and the goals pursued are very much in the eye of the beholder
Under the assumption that quality training would lead to a high percentage of students entering the job market, school performance in terms of employer recognition has been tried and was roundly critized, proving ultimately hard to implement as well as costly
In the 2022 detailed PISA study, the US ranked above OECD average in reading and science but below average in mathematics
The public educational system, attended by an estimated 49 million students, set against 690 000 pupils in private schools (supported in 42 states), is not doing badly after all
Even so, technological advance with new educational tools may well offer more effective and cheaper training formats and it is probably not a coincidence that the market clearly favors companies with large market caps such as Grand Canyon Education, Laureate, Adtalem Global or Strayer Education to respond to the new challenge
And the expertise of the Brazilian private educational system may be worth pondering
China based private educational services are not included in the selection because strong political headwinds have battered the sector, recovering under a new regulatory framework
