Dr. Pedro Pineda

By employing a semi-experimental approach involving Propensity Score Matching (PSM) and Difference-in-Differences (DID), we find that in the close vicinity (postcode area) where charter schools are established, they more than double teachers’ workload for a comparatively small increase in salaries. We interpret these results in light of the neo-institutional approach to promoting school choice with the main argument being the benefits of competition. We argue that school choice advocates in Colombia have decoupled the presumed benefits of charter schools’ competition from their actual negative effects for teachers. Overall, we contend that the introduction of charter schools in Colombia (Bogota) has led to a general precarisation.

By employing a semi-experimental approach involving Propensity Score Matching (PSM) and Difference-in-Differences (DID), we find that in the close vicinity (postcode area) where charter schools are established, they more than double teachers’ workload for a comparatively small increase in salaries. We interpret these results in light of the neo-institutional approach to promoting school choice with the main argument being the benefits of competition. We argue that school choice advocates in Colombia have decoupled the presumed benefits of charter schools’ competition from their actual negative effects for teachers. Overall, we contend that the introduction of charter schools in Colombia (Bogota) has led to a general precarisation.

This paper aims to contribute to the panel on universities through discussing student evaluation of teaching (SET) as an example of the increasing “managerialization of universities” with respect to teaching. I deviate from the functionalist imaginary and borrow ideas from world society theory to understand SET as a practice that diffuses globally because it gains social legitimacy and not necessarily because of its proven effectiveness. I observe that STE diffuses globally. The embeddedness of a procedure in universities occurs parallel to university bodies in charge of implementing it such as quality assurance offices and teaching and learning centers

Through multilevel regression, we analyze which university characteristics are associated to faculty permanent employment in universities from four countries. Findings show that: (1) Untenured academics represent a vast majority of faculty working in Germany, Colombia, and Chile, while in the US the untenured faculty has increased since 2012. (2) Permanent employment for scholars decreases along with universities´ acquisition of program accreditations and increase of administrative staff.. (3) Older universities, public universities outside US and Chile, those with more doctorate graduates and a higher faculty-student ratio grant more stability to their faculty