How do professional mutual recognition agreements affect higher education? Examining regional policy in North America.

Autor/inn/en	Sa, Creso; Gaviria, Patricia
Titel	How do professional mutual recognition agreements affect higher education? Examining regional policy in North America.
Quelle	In: Higher education policy, 24 (2011) 3, S. 307-330Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-8733; 1740-3863
DOI	10.1057/hep.2011.6
Schlagwörter	Mobilität; Akademischer Austausch; Hochschulsystem; Student; Wissenschaftler; Ausland; Kanada; USA
Abstract	Professional mutual recognition agreements (MRAs) are one of the policy instruments employed in global and regional trade agreements to facilitate the mobility of skilled labour. While such agreements have been noted in the literature examining cross-border academic mobility, little is known about how they impact higher education. This paper examines the formation of professional MRAs in North America since the passing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), focusing on three fields: engineering, architecture, and accounting. In the three professions, asymmetries characterizing the NAFTA partners led to system-level reforms in Mexico. The paper discusses how and why the institutional arrangements governing professional higher education in the country were 'harmonized' with those of the United States and Canada. (HRK / Abstract übernommen).
Erfasst von	Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, Bonn
Update	2012/1