Adaptations to Global Changes: Strategic Evolutions of an Elite School, 1961-2011

Autor/in	Lillie, Karen
Titel	Adaptations to Global Changes: Strategic Evolutions of an Elite School, 1961-2011
Quelle	In: History of Education, 51 (2022) 2, S.286-303 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lillie, Karen)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0046-760X
DOI	10.1080/0046760X.2021.2002433
Schlagwörter	Educational History; Advantaged; Boarding Schools; Social Systems; Social Change; War; Educational Change; Foreign Countries; Global Approach; Foreign Policy; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Boarding school; Internat; Social system; Soziales System; Sozialer Wandel; Krieg; Bildungsreform; Ausland; Globales Denken; Außenpolitik; Schweiz
Abstract	This article explores elite international education in the late twentieth century through the case of the Leysin American School (LAS), an international boarding school in Switzerland. From LAS's founding in 1961 to its re-branding in 2011, broader geopolitical and economic frameworks shifted from a period dominated by the Cold War to one informed by international capitalism, itself an evolution of American Cold War strategies. In parallel, the school, established for overseas Americans and oriented towards the needs of the American Cold War, was refashioned to link to the emerging global financial elite. It is argued that these adjustments to broader changes can be understood as an exercise in institutional adaptability within certain parameters. Such a finding offers critical insight into how elite schools strategically respond to globalising processes over time, in order to remain both solvent and relevant. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01