Wto and the University - Globalization, Gats, and American Higher Education

Informationen zum Autor Roberta Malee Bassett is currently serving as a research associate at the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College. Klappentext This book adds to the literature on trade and higher education services by providing context and analysis of the potential implications of free trade on American higher education, as well as the pros and cons of free trade in higher education services from the perspectives of the U.S.-based actors. Zusammenfassung This book adds to the literature on trade and higher education services by providing context and analysis of the potential implications of free trade on American higher education, as well as the pros and cons of free trade in higher education services from the perspectives of the U.S.-based actors. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introdution  2. The Research Questions  3. A Review of the Literature: Globalization, Internationalization, and Higher Education  4. Higher Education as an International Policy Concern  5. The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)  6. The USTR, the GATS, and U.S. Higher Education as a Tradable Commodity  7. The Associations Representing American Higher Education  8. Negotiating the Intersection of Trade and U.S. Higher Education  9. The Associations' Perceptions and Concerns about Free Trade  10. Understanding Trade Concerns through Commodification Theory  11. Conclusions

Product details

• Authors: Roberta Malee Bassett, Bassett Roberta Malee
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.03.2006
• EAN: 9780415978330
• ISBN: 978-0-415-97833-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Studies in Higher Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; EDUCATION / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, Politics & government, Politics and government, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher