Internationalisation and Trade in Higher Education [electronic resource]: Opportunities and Challenges /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Centre for Educational Research and InnovationContent Provider
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2004.
This book brings together up-to-date statistics, case studies and policy reports on the major trends and developments in cross-border post-secondary education in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. Topics covered include policy initiatives to promote cross-border post-secondary education; rationales for delivering or receiving cross-border education services; size and growth of cross-border post-secondary education in terms of student mobility, programme mobility, and institutional mobility (international branch campuses); assessment of the possible impact of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (WTO); and challenges facing cross-border post-secondary education such as quality assurance and recognition of qualifications, cost and financing, equity of access, trade agreements, capacity building in receiving countries, mobility personnel, and cultural diversity.
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Cross-border Post-secondary Education in the Asia-Pacific Region -- Key Developments and Policy Rationales in Cross-border Post-secondary Education -- Implications of Recent Developments for Access and Equity, Cost and Funding, Quality and Capacity Building -- Annex A -- Executive Summary -- Cross-border Education -- Cross-border Post-secondary Education in North America -- Cross-border Post-secondary Education in Europe.
This book brings together up-to-date statistics, case studies and policy reports on the major trends and developments in cross-border post-secondary education in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. Topics covered include policy initiatives to promote cross-border post-secondary education; rationales for delivering or receiving cross-border education services; size and growth of cross-border post-secondary education in terms of student mobility, programme mobility, and institutional mobility (international branch campuses); assessment of the possible impact of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (WTO); and challenges facing cross-border post-secondary education such as quality assurance and recognition of qualifications, cost and financing, equity of access, trade agreements, capacity building in receiving countries, mobility personnel, and cultural diversity.
General Agreement on Trade in Services (1994 April 15)
Foreign study.
General Agreement on Trade in Services (1994).
International education.
Student adjustment.
Students, Foreign.
Foreign study
Business & Economics
Labor & Workers' Economics