Abstract

GUTIERREZ DE GONZALEZ, Consuelo. Free trade and university autonomy, a present day dilemma: The Colombian case. Rev.latinoam.cienc.soc.niñez juv [online]. 2007, vol.5, n.2, pp.605-636. ISSN 1692-715X.

This paper analyzes the consequences of globalization, and particularly of free trade, on higher education. Starting with a consideration of the nature and mission of the university, through a brief survey of its history, the paper examines the terms in which the General Agreement on Trade and Services-GATS-treats education, and reflects on the consequences of this treatment for higher education. Finally, it proposes the possible scenarios for Colombian higher education in terms of the position which the country might take regarding the orientations of GATS in terms of the treaties on higher education that might eventually be subscribed.

Keywords : Higher education; University; Globalization; Free trade; GATS; State; Colombia.

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