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The WTO and the university : globalization, GATS, and American higher education / Roberta Malee Bassett.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in higher educationPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2006.Description: viii, 211p. ; 24cmISBN:
  • 0415978335 (hbk)
  • 9780415978330 (hbk)
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Contents:
Introduction -- The research questions -- A review of the literature -- Higher education as an international policy concern -- The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) -- The USTR, the GATS, and U.S. higher education as a tradable commodity -- The associations representing American higher education -- Negotiating the intersection of trade and U.S. higher education -- The associations' perceptions and concerns about free trade -- Understanding trade concerns through commodification theory -- Conclusions.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-206) and index.

Introduction -- The research questions -- A review of the literature -- Higher education as an international policy concern -- The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) -- The USTR, the GATS, and U.S. higher education as a tradable commodity -- The associations representing American higher education -- Negotiating the intersection of trade and U.S. higher education -- The associations' perceptions and concerns about free trade -- Understanding trade concerns through commodification theory -- Conclusions.

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