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Direct linkRobertson, Susan, Ed.; Bonal, Xavier, Ed.; Dale, Roger, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Over the past decade there has been a considerable and growing interest in globalisation as a phenomenon. Education at all levels has been deeply implicated in the processes of globalization, partly as a product that can be made more efficient in the name of competitive advantage and partly as a beneficiary of investment in a hazily defined…
Descriptors: Global Approach, International Organizations, Education, International Trade
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Download full textXu, Jian – International Education Studies, 2009
International trade in educational services has grown substantially over the past decades. Now it is a billion dollar industry including recruitment of international students, establishment of university campuses abroad, franchised provision and on line education. WTO [World Trade Organization] requires each member nation to make its own schedule…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, Cooperation, Higher Education
Verger, Antoni – Higher Education Policy, 2009
Higher education is the education level under the most pressure to be internationally liberalized. Currently, the main global instrument to achieve this liberalization goal is the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) of the World Trade Organization. In this paper, the process of trade liberalization of higher education in the GATS…
Descriptors: Higher Education, International Education, International Trade, International Organizations
Verger, Antoni – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2008
In this article, we examine the process of trade liberalisation of educational services in the framework of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Specifically, we analyse the factors that influence the undertaking of commitments on educational liberalisation by the member countries of the WTO. The…
Descriptors: International Trade, International Organizations, International Education, Global Approach
Chan-Tibergien, Jennifer – International Review of Education, 2006
While there have been numerous discussions of the impact on educational services made by trade liberalization through the World Trade Organization (WTO), this study looks at the emergence of global resistance to the commodification of culture through the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) within the WTO. In line with the Council of…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Global Approach, Ideology, Cultural Influences
Narayana, M. R. – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2006
This article focuses on economic analysis of privatisation policies and postprivatisation control devices in India's higher education. As a case study, the experiences of Karnataka State in collegiate education under general higher education are emphasised. A change in public financing, rather than a shift of public ownership and management to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Economic Research, Private Sector, Foreign Countries
