People involved: Mathieu Rossignol-Brunet, Tristan Ingrao
Against a backdrop of rapid growth in private education as a whole and pressure on entry to higher education, the RePrive project examines the unprecedented role played by the private sector in the current state of the French secondary and higher education systems. The project re-examines fundamental but now outdated findings on private education, whilst considering the transformations in both secondary and higher education. It stands out for the attention it pays to little-known aspects of private education. Four objectives are pursued: (1) To take stock of the demographic and structural characteristics of private education and how it differs from the public sector, from secondary to higher education, by studying the student population (pupils and students), teachers, institutions and educational pathways; (2) To analyse the determinants and effects of enrolment in private secondary schools in the context of the third educational boom; (3) To examine the effects of the reforms to the vocational baccalaureate, the ‘lycée’ (general secondary education) and the Parcoursup admissions system on enrolment in private secondary education; (4) To understand the historical growth of private higher education by combining a study of the range of courses on offer with an analysis of students’ choices of study pathways. The project will be divided into five tasks, plus a coordination task. These tasks are interlinked through the pooling of resources