1st Edition
The WTO and the University Globalization, GATS, and American Higher Education
By Roberta Malee Bassett
Copyright 2006
220 Pages
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Routledge
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By and large, the debate about the merits of including higher education services within free trade policies has occurred outside of the United States, even though the U.S. Office of the Trade Representative has specifically included higher education services in its March 2003 negotiating offer to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). This book emerged from research and conversations... Read more
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
Biography
Roberta Malee Bassett is currently serving as a research associate at the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College.
