New York Times totally covering up the real cause of Education Privatization.
This is a good example, of how the Global Grab is working. GATS is the well known global cause of the privatization of public education everywhere. According to the EUA (linked at the bottom) and thousands of other educational institutions in Europe, the US and Canada.
But here in the US a huge number of media institutions have a media blockade to hide the important GATS news we should be discussing. Shame on all of them. How can people be so stupid.
They are blaming it on coronavirus.
But given the historical context, of GATS and education,that doesn't fly.
The timing is too close.
Just like the sudden untimely death of Nick Skala the author of this paper. It doesn't add up.
The media also refuse to make corrections.
As I have, I urge you to also write them letters to the editors, and tell them they are hiding a cover up of a theft of the entire nation and planet's future for oligarchs and this site is proving it.
They want to write off our young people so they can outsource tens of millions of their jobs. they want them to fail because they already traded their jobs away.
- European University Association Statement on TTIP and TISA "In the light of information currently available (published and leaked documents, official briefings, statements by governments and the European Commission) on the ongoing trade agreement negotiations, EUA notes that: 1. Negotiators regularly offer reassurances that public services will be protected. However, the GATS definition of a ‘public’ service is not adequate for purpose where higher education is concerned. HE is not administered by the exercise of government authority in the manner of defence, justice and police; it is not automatically excluded from trade negotiations. Moreover, HE fails to satisfy the GATS criteria which allow exemption for services supplied ‘neither on a commercial basis nor in competition with one or more service suppliers’. Many HE systems include both public and private providers and many public institutions depend on a mix of public and private funding. Such hybridity at system and institutional levels means that trade negotiations such as TTIP and TiSA cannot be conducted with legal certainty and clarity." (this was the very first bullet item on a long list) "The European University Association (EUA) represents over 850 universities in 47 countries, as well as 33 national rectors’ conferences. It is the voice of universities in the European Higher Education Area"
- Joint Declaration on the GATS agreement and Higher Education Public higher education is under attack, globally. This attack begun in an WTO agreement called the General Agreement on Trade in Services, or 'GATS'. This is a statement on the GATS by the organizations that accredit literally thousands of universities in the US, Canada, and the EU, including the European University Association on whose web site it is hosted.
- European University Association raises concerns about possible trade deals
- WTO/GATS and the Global Politics of Higher Education By Antoni Verger - This is one of the best full sized books I have read on the GATS and its implications for education. If you are an educator or are concerned about the global push for privatization of education under the GATS and the various debates informing it, this book is really quite informative.. See also https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=&as_epq=WTO%2FGATS+and+the+Global+Politics+of+Higher+Education
- What educators need to know about global trade deals Education International
- The Liberalization of Education under the WTO Services Agreement (GATS): A Threat to Public Educational Policy?
- Silicon Valley's “Body Shop” Secret: Highly Educated Foreign Workers Treated Like Indentured Servants The Future of Work in America? A year-long investigation by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit and The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) raises questions about a well-known visa program setup to recruit foreign workers to the US: Is it indentured servitude in the high tech age? Or is it a necessary business model to compete in a quickly changing high tech economy? NBC Bay Area and CIR’s team discovered an organized system that supplies cheap labor made up of highly-educated and highly-skilled foreign workers who come to the US via H-1B visas. Consulting firms recruit and then subcontract out skilled foreigners to major tech firms throughout the country and many in Silicon Valley.
- Trade Creep: The Implication of GATS for Higher Education Policy by Jane Knight. The General Agreement on Trades in Service (GATS) plus other regional trade agreements are testimony to the increased emphasis on trade and the market economy in this era of globalization. GATS is the first legal trade agreement that focuses exclusively on trade in services—as opposed to products. It is administered by the World Trade Organization, a powerful organization with 144 member countries. Education is one of the 12 service sectors covered by GATS. The purpose of GATS is progressively and systematically to promote freer trade in services by removing many of the existing barriers. What does this mean for higher education? The current debate on the impact of GATS on higher education is divided, if not polarized. Critics focus on the threat to the role of government, the “public good,”and the quality of education. Supporters highlight the benefits that more trade can bring in terms of innovations through new providers and delivery modes, greater student access, and increased economic gain. The purpose of this article is to discuss both the risks and
- Trade in higher education: the role of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) Tilak, Jandhyala B.G.; UNESCO. IIEP
- Trade in Higher Education Services: The Implications of GATS - Dr. Jane Knight (UNESCO) "Trade in higher education services is a billion dollar industry, including recruitment of international students, establishment of university campuses abroad, franchised provision and online learning. The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is currently being negotiated under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). GATS is designed to increase trade liberalisation internationally, and includes ‘education’ as a service sector. Examples of perceived ‘barriers’ in the trade in higher education services might include visa restrictions, taxation that disadvantages foreign institutions and accreditation arrangements that privilege domestic institutions and qualifications. Some view GATS as a positive force, accelerating the influx of private and foreign providers of higher education into countries where domestic capacity is inadequate. Other take a more negative view, concerned that liberalisation may compromise important elements of quality assurance and permit private and foreign providers to monopolise the best students and most lucrative programmes. Many aspects of GATS are open to interpretation, and many nations have yet to fully engage in the process, at least in respect of the potential implications for education. In this report, Dr Jane Knight of the University of Toronto, an expert in the internationalisation of higher education, sets out a clear overview of the GATS agenda, and considers a wide range of issues that may affect developing and developed countries".
- fs-7(4)-gats.pdf (short and concise handout on GATS effect on higher education)
- LIBERALIZATION_ A Fatal Blow to Public Education - ppt download.pdf
- The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and Education for All -Conflicts of Interests? - Abbot-2009-160-1008-1-PB.pdf
- GATS_Public_Services_under_Pressure_to_Liberalize.pdf
- Matoopubliclecture25418_e.pdf
- W39.doc Indian govt proposal to WTO on GATS Mode Four (Temporary Movement of Natural Persons) Note how they propose outsourcing jobs instead of educating young people, and the arguments they make. This is a .doc file. PDF file is also linked here in this directory. Search on "W39"
- Universities at risk under free trade agreements - University World News.pdf
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US—India Visa Fee Controversy before the WTO_ A Migration-Mobility Nexus for the WTO_ _ Blog nccr – on the move.GIF
- 0003165-Henrik.pdf
- US—India Visa Fee Controversy before the WTO_ A Migration-Mobility Nexus for the WTO_ _ Blog nccr – on the move.pdf
- GATS and Public Service Systems (PDF version) This was an essay originally published by the government of British Columbia, Canada, (Almost all public services are in danger, including financial services like retirement plans and health insurance, and healthcare and education - This essay explains what services can be public and the narrowness of the governmental authority exclusion. It also shows why Medicare and Social Security are endangered.)
- GATS-and-temporary-migration-policy-SSRN-id1687225.pdf
- LaborMobilityAFSC.pdf
- U.S. Immigration Policy on the Table at the WTO-0511table.pdf
- The (Neglected) Employment Dimension of the World Trade Organization-Effect-on-work-negative.pdf
- AFSC-PuttingAHuman Face on WTO talks _ MigrantWorkers-Trade agreements _ Trade Matters _ AFSC.pdf
- DemocraticDeficitOfWTOLaw-20657172.pdf
- The WTO negotiations on services-The regulatory state up for grabs.pdf
- liberalising_temporary_movement_LAW.pdf
