Workshop on the Implications of WTO/GATS for Higher Education in Africa

 

Workshop on the Implications of WTO/GATS for Higher Education in Africa
Online Links to Resources on GATS
  1. First Bibliography on the General Agreement on Trade and Services (GATS) and Higher Education http://www.aau.org/wto-gats/papers/bibliographty.pdf
  2. The WTO and the Millennium Round : What Is at Stake for Public education? EI/PSI Publication. http://www.ei-ie.org/pub/english/epbeipsiwto.html
  3. Joint Declaration on Higher Education and the General Agreement on Trade in Services.
    http://www.aucc.ca/_pdf/english/statements/2001/gats_10_25_e.pdf
    (Endorsed by IAU’s Administrative Board in November 2001. Declaration was first signed by three IAU member organizations - the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, the American Council on Education, the European University Association – and by the American based Council for Higher Education Accreditation.)
  4. WTO: GATS — Fact and Fiction
    http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/serv_e/gats_factfiction_e.htm
  5. GATS (WTO) and the Implications for Higher Education in Europe European University Association (EUA) http://www.unige.ch/eua/En/Activities/WTO/
  6. Trade Creep: Implication of GATS for Higher Education, by Jane Knight. Policy. International Higher Education, Summer 2002
    http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/newsletter/News28/text002.htm
  7. Knowledge and Education as International Commodities:The Collapse of the
    Common Good. By Philip G. Altbach. International Higher Education, Summer 2002. http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/newsletter/News28/text001.htm
  8. Internationalisation, GATS and Higher Education. Report of Seminar jointly organized by IEASA (International Education Association of South Africa), CHET (Centre for Higher Education Transformation), HEDDA (Higher Education Development Association),
    http://www.chet.org.za/gats.html
  9. Trade, Education and the GATS: What’s In, What’s Out, What’s All the Fuss About? Pierre Sauvé, OECD Trade Directorate. Paper prepared for the OECD/US Forum on Trade in Educational Services. 23-24 May 2002, Washington, D.C. USA.
    http://www.oecd.org/findDocument/0,2350,en_2649_34549_1_1_1_1_37455,00.html
  10. Trends and Models in International Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education in Relation to Trade in Education Services. By Prof. Dr. Dirk Van Damme http://www.oecd.org/document/14/0,2340,en_2649_34549_1833550_1_1_1_37455,00.html
  11. Trade in Educational Services: Trends and Emerging Issues. By Kurt Larsen, John P. Martin, and Rosemary Morris. May 2002. Revised Version. http://www.oecd.org/document/14/0,2340,en_2649_34549_1833550_1_1_1_37455,00.html
  12. Trade in Higher Education and GATS Basics. This web page of UNESCO provides basic information on trade in higher education and GATS, as well as excellent links to different positions on key controversies concerning trade in higher education and GATS. http://www.unesco.org/education/studyingabroad/highlights/global_forum/gats_he/basics
    _he_trade_main.shtml
  13. Trade Agreements and Recognition. By Julia Nielson. OECD/Norway Forum on Trade in Educational Services. Managing the International Post-secondary Education. 3-4 November 2003. Trondheim, Norway. http://www.flyspesialisten.no/vfs_trd/ufd/GATS.pdf
  14. Trade in Higher Education Services: The Implications of GATS. By Jane Knight. The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education. March 2002.
    http://www.unesco.org/education/studyingabroad/highlights/global_forum/gats_he/jk_trade_he_gats_
    implications.pdf
  15. The Global Market For Higher Education: Shifting Roles, Changing Rules. Issues for discussion at the conference to mark the50th anniversary of Nuffic, 19 March 2002 in The Hague. http://www.nuffic.nl/nuffic50years/issuepaper.html
 
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