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.307-330 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-8733
DOI	10.1057/hep.2011.6
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; International Cooperation; International Trade; Faculty Mobility; Educational Change; Professional Education; Engineering; Accounting; Architecture; Policy Formation; Policy Analysis; Educational Policy; International Education; Canada; Mexico; North America; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Trade; International relations; Handel; Internationale Beziehungen; Bildungsreform; Berufsausbildung; Maschinenbau; Abrechnung; Buchführung; Buchhaltung; Architektur; Politische Betätigung; Politikfeldanalyse; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Internationale Erziehung; Kanada; Mexiko; Nordamerika; 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. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10