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Globalisation and Higher Education
Implications for North – South Dialogue
Trade in Education:
Managing the internationalisation of postsecondary education
Trade in Education: What For?
“the States Parties,… believing in full and
equal opportunities for education for all, in
the unrestricted pursuit of objective truth,
and in the free exchange of ideas and
knowledge, are agreed and determined to
develop and increase the means of
communication between their peoples and
to employ these means for the purposes of
mutual understanding and a truer and more
perfect knowledge of each other’s lives.”
“the States Parties,… believing in full and
equal opportunities for education for all, in
the unrestricted pursuit of objective truth,
and in the free exchange of ideas and
knowledge, are agreed and determined to
develop and increase the means of
communication between their peoples and
to employ these means for the purposes of
mutual understanding and a truer and more
perfect knowledge of each other’s lives.”
“the States Parties,… believing in full and
equal opportunities for education for all, in
the unrestricted pursuit of objective truth,
and in the free exchange of ideas and
knowledge, are agreed and determined to
develop and increase the means of
communication between their peoples and
to employ these means for the purposes of
mutual understanding and a truer and more
perfect knowledge of each other’s lives.”
“the States Parties,… believing in full and
equal opportunities for education for all, in
the unrestricted pursuit of objective truth,
and in the free exchange of ideas and
knowledge, are agreed and determined to
develop and increase the means of
communication between their peoples and
to employ these means for the purposes of
mutual understanding and a truer and more
perfect knowledge of each other’s lives.”
Free Trade:
Makes the majority
richer
A does MANGOS better than B
A does MOTORBIKES better than B
BUT
A and B still gain by trading
mangos and motorbikes
Free Trade:
Makes the majority richer
BUT
Trade is rigged
THE GLASS OF GLOBALISATION:
HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY?
Countries that
engage with
globalisation do
better than those that
do not.
‘When goods move…
…soldiers don’t.’
Globalisation develops and
increases the means of
communication between
peoples and helps them to
mutual understanding and a
truer and more perfect
knowledge of each other’s
lives.
GATS: the four modes:
1) Specialists teaching temporarily in another country
(THE PRESENCE OF NATURAL PERSONS)
2) Institutions that set up shop abroad
(COMMERCIAL PRESENCE)
3) People who go to study in another country
(CONSUMPTION ABROAD)
4) The movement of courses between countries
(CROSS BORDER SUPPLY)
THE PRESENCE OF
NATURAL PERSONS
Teachers and researchers working
temporarily in another country
COMMERCIAL
PRESENCE
Local branches, satellite campuses,
twinning partnerships, franchising
Commercial Presence
1. Richmond College: The American
International University in London
Commercial Presence
1. Richmond College: The American
International University in London
2. The United States Open University
Commercial Presence
1. Richmond College: The American
International University in London
2. The United States Open University
3. UK Open University in Central Europe
Commercial Presence
1. Richmond College: The American
International University in London
2. The United States Open University
3. UK Open University in Central Europe
4. The Arab Open University
COMMERCIAL
PRESENCE
can be an extremely effective way for the
IMPORTING COUNTRY
to expand and strengthen its higher
education system
CONSUMPTION
ABROAD
Students who go to another country
Consumption Abroad
GAINS:
Funds
Friends
Consumption Abroad
GAINS:
Funds
Friends
SNAGS
Cost
Brain drain
CROSS BORDER SUPPLY
Movement of courses and programmes
Cross Border Supply
GAINS:
Low Cost
No Brain Drain
PARTNERSHIPS
are a matter of
PRINCIPLE
and
PRAGMATISM
Trade in Education:
Managing the internationalisation of postsecondary education
Trade in Education: What For?
Conclusions
Trade in higher education is:
- a means of communication between
peoples
- expands and strengthens the HE system in
the importing country
Expanding higher
education is a vital
foundation for
Education for All
Education for All