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DESCRIPTION:Sangeeta Kamat\n\nProfessor\, Comparative and International Edu
 cation\n\nUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstThe privatization and\ncommer
 cialization of education has entered a new and dangerous phase in India.\n
 India is considered a prime emerging market for for-profit schools for the
  poor\nand multinational companies\, corporate philanthropy\, private equi
 ty firms and\nwealthy investors are leading the financing and managing of 
 school education on\na scale hitherto unimaginable. Professor Kamat’s rese
 arch in Hyderabad maps the\n‘ecosystem’ of tech companies\, investors\, co
 nsultants and researchers that are\nengaged in developing the edu-solution
 s sector for the world’s poor and asks:\nHow are global corporate actors i
 nvolved in K-12 education? How are these\npowerful actors changing educati
 on and the teaching profession in fundamental\nways and what should we do 
 about it?&nbsp\;A Voices in Global Education Speaker.Co-Sponsored by: Syra
 cuse University School of Education and the Cornell-Syracuse South Asia Co
 nsortium For more information\, please contact Emera Bridger Wilson at elb
 ridge@syr.edu.
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SUMMARY:Profiting from the Poor: Global Philanthropy and Education Markets 
 in India
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Sangeeta Kamat</p><p>\n\n</p>Professor\, Co
 mparative and International Education<p>\n\n</p><p>University of Massachus
 etts Amherst</p><p><br></p><p>The privatization and\ncommercialization of 
 education has entered a new and dangerous phase in India.\nIndia is consid
 ered a prime emerging market for for-profit schools for the poor\nand mult
 inational companies\, corporate philanthropy\, private equity firms and\nw
 ealthy investors are leading the financing and managing of school educatio
 n on\na scale hitherto unimaginable. Professor Kamat’s research in Hyderab
 ad maps the\n‘ecosystem’ of tech companies\, investors\, consultants and r
 esearchers that are\nengaged in developing the edu-solutions sector for th
 e world’s poor and asks:\nHow are global corporate actors involved in K-12
  education? How are these\npowerful actors changing education and the teac
 hing profession in fundamental\nways and what should we do about it?&nbsp\
 ;</p><p><br></p><p><em>A Voices in Global Education Speaker.</em><br>Co-Sp
 onsored by: Syracuse University School of Education and the Cornell-Syracu
 se South Asia Consortium<br> </p><p><br></p><p>For more information\, plea
 se contact Emera Bridger Wilson at <a href="mailto:elbridge@syr.edu" title
 ="elbridge@syr.edu">elbridge@syr.edu</a>.</p>
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