Why ACE is different: the institutional logics paving the sector's pathway to perdition
This article applies an institutional logics perspective to explore the journey of adult and community education [ACE] providers into public policy and funding perdition. Following a brief description of this meta-theory, the significance of the long-standing tri-partite approach to Australian [vocational education and training] VET will be explored. The roles played by status and the basis of attention are singled out to demonstrate how ACE VET service providers have progressively lost market share in the publicly funded training product markets. Outlining some implications for the ACE's futu ... Show more
Authors: Zoellner, Don
Published: Unpublished, 2024
Resource type: Conference paper
Physical description: 16 p. (conference paper) + 27 p. (presentation slides)
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