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Resources on GATS in Higher Education
General Agreements on Trade in Services (GATS) in higher
education have the potential to severely impact the international higher
education community. The resources listed below provide background on
GATS, illustrate the issues and highlight some of the actions that have
been taken by stakeholders who see quality higher education as a public
good, not a tradable commodity.
- NEA Letter
- NEA President, Reg Weaver send a letter to Ambasssador Schwab requesting that the United States withdraw the higher education sector from the United States General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) offer.
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- NEA Report
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Education and International Trade Agreements: An Examination
of the Threats and Promise of Globalization, examines
the various trade agreements and delves into issues that may
result from “full liberalization of education services,” such
as lost jobs, changes in admissions and financial aid packages,
and tuition rates for foreign students.
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- American Council on Education (ACE)
- ACE monitors the progress of GATS negotiations in higher education.
ACE reports include:
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- American
Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
- AAC&U is an association of more than 900
accredited higher education institutions and publisher of the
Liberal Education journal. A recent journal article, "The
Morphing of the American Academic Profession", presses the
need for academic professionals to recognize and become the steward
of the
transformation taking place in higher education around the world.
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- Association
of University and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)
- AUCC looks at how GATS may impact Canadian
public higher education. Reports from AUCC include:
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- Association
of University Teachers (AUT)
- AUT, the trade union and professional association
for higher education professionals in the United Kingdom, sees
GATS as a threat to higher education. Read about their campaign
opposing GATS.
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- Education
International (EI)
- EI, representing more than 319 higher education
unions form 163 countries, publishes a
trade newsletter in cooperation
with Public Services International that focuses on trade in the public
education sector. Visit the WTO and GATS section of their web site for
resources such as:
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- International
Association of Universities (IAU)
- IAU, an affiliated organization of the United
Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
weighs in on the discussion
of globalization and higher education with several articles and papers such as:
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- The
Observatory
- This organization in the United Kingdom tracks
developments in higher education that move beyond the traditional
model.
GATS,
Trade and Higher Education. Perspective 2003 - Where are we? is
available on this web site.
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- Organization
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- OECD, a "group of like minded countries" committed
to "democratic government and the market economy" has
resources on trade in education services. Reports on this site
include:
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- United
States Trade Representative (USTR)
- USTR, the chief negotiator for the United
States on trade agreements submitted this negotiating
proposal on
education and training services to the World Trade Organization in
July 2002. The consolidated offer, issued March 2003, references
educational services on page 57 of this
document.
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