Higher Education Collaboration in North America: A Review of the Past and a Potential Agenda for the Future. Working Paper. North America 2.0: Forging a Continental Future

Autor/inn/en	García, Fernando León; Alcocer, Sergio M.; Eighmy, Taylor; Ono, Santa J.
Institution	Wilson Center
Titel	Higher Education Collaboration in North America: A Review of the Past and a Potential Agenda for the Future. Working Paper. North America 2.0: Forging a Continental Future
Quelle	(2021), (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Educational Cooperation; International Trade; International Cooperation; Competition; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Futures (of Society); Foreign Countries; Educational History; Program Descriptions; Student Mobility; Study Abroad; Foreign Students; Sustainability; Advocacy; Partnerships in Education; School Business Relationship; Canada; United States; Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Trade; International relations; Handel; Internationale Beziehungen; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Wettkampf; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Future; Society; Zukunft; Ausland; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Nachhaltigkeit; Sozialanwaltschaft; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Kanada; USA; Mexiko
Abstract	When the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into fruition in the early 1990s, there were high hopes and expectations on what this emerging economic block could achieve. Although the agreement involved extensive conversations that led to regulations that facilitated trade across the region--the main intent of NAFTA--the same was not true for the higher education environment. Critics have argued that NAFTA's heavy focus on trade left little room for similar harmonization on issues like higher education. From this perspective, it is evident that if efforts to improve higher education are to gain traction in the trilateral relationship, they must be linked with regional trade and competitiveness. Yet even though NAFTA was not the vehicle for further cooperation on higher education, colleges and universities across Canada, Mexico, and the United States did embrace the opportunity and enthusiastically engaged in conversations that prompted trilateral collaboration. This article follows the key agreements that influenced and guided the early stages of NAFTA collaboration among higher education institutions, as well as developments that kept engagement across the three countries active. It also provides an initial list of areas in which future collaboration might focus. [The report was published in partnership with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. This working paper will be published as a chapter in the forthcoming book, "North America 2.0: Forging a Continental Future."] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01