G.A.T.S. and universities: Implications for research

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-100

  Packham, David E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aims of education; Dearing Report; Educational values; General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS); Higher education; Instrumental science; Merton's norms; Mode 2 knowledge; Postmodernism; Quality in higher education; Subject benchmark statements

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; EUROPE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RESEARCH ETHICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAPITALISM; COMMERCE; DISCLOSURE; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; ETHICS, RESEARCH; EUROPE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RESEARCH SUPPORT; TRAINING SUPPORT; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0037256052     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-003-0022-0     Document Type: Review

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