The General Agreement on Trade in Services: Implications for Public Post-Secondary Education in Australia.

Cohen, Marjorie Griffin

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Publication Date: 2000

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The General Agreement on Trade in Services: Implications for Public Post-Secondary Education in Australia.

Cohen, Marjorie Griffin

Australian Universities' Review, v42 n2 and v43 n1 p9-15 2000

Explores how extensions to the General Agreements on Trade in Services (GATS) designed to increase market access of private service providers to industries now in the public sector could affect public higher education. Asserts that these agreements have an alarming potential to limit the role of government in the delivery of public services such as higher education. (EV)

Descriptors: Educational Economics, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Government Role, Higher Education, International Trade, Politics of Education, Private Sector, Privatization, Public Education, School Business Relationship, Trend Analysis, Universities

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Language: English

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