The WTO and the university
Subtitle: globalization, GATS, and American higher education
By: Roberta Malee Bassett.
Series: Studies in higher education
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: General Agreement on Trade in Services (1994); Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- United States.; Higher education and state -- United States.; Globalization.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The research questions; title: A review of the literature; title: Higher education as an international policy concern; title: The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS); title: The USTR,, the GATS, and US higher education as a tradable commodity; title: The associations; title: Negotiating the intersection of trade and US higher education; title: The associations' perceptions and concerns about free trade; title: Understanding trade concerns through commodification theory; title: Conclusions.