Regionalism in Hiring Practices of University Business Schools: A Canadian Study
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Regionalism in Hiring Practices of University Business Schools: A Canadian Study Peter Knighta and Ina Freemanb a
Eric Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada. E-mail: [email protected] b C/o Business School, Northern State University, 1200 South Jay Street, Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
The demand for university instructors is linked with a world environment increasingly global in both commerce and information systems, resulting in increasing competition to meet such demand. The potential of global educational standards and qualifications is recognized by the World Trade Organization (WTO), which upholds the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). However, for many of its members, education does not figure in the mutual trade agreements being defined rather as a national service. The regionalism inherent in higher education tends to limit the free flow of academics between countries and regions and thus prevents them from developing the increasingly global perspectives, which it is argued, business students require in all regions of the world. Higher Education Policy (2006) 19, 205–223. doi:10.1057/palgrave.hep.8300120 Keywords: higher education; global employment; recruitment of academic staff; business studies; USA; UK; Canada
Introduction The demand for university instructors in higher education is interlinked with a world environment that has increasingly become global in both trading and information systems, resulting in increasing competition to meet such demand. The potential of global educational standards and qualifications is recognized by the World Trade Organization (WTO), which enforces the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) agreement. However, in reality, education as a service is not included in mutual trade agreements for many members, being restricted as a national service (AUCC, 2003a). The regionalism inherent in higher education tends to work against a free flow of academics between countries and regions to develop the increasingly global perspectives that business students require in all regions of the world.
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Universities are institutions through which national culture is questioned, researched, and formulated. The Canadian culture that values cosmopolitanism, internationalism, and respect for diversity and tolerance, is increasingly become unique within North America (AUCC, 2003b). The Conference Board of Canada recognizes the importance both of Canadian students studying abroad and of international students studying in Canada as key indicators to the countries’ economic well-being (Conference Board of Canada, 1999). However, this is not recognized by Canada’s federal government funding sources that spend less than $1 (CND) per capita on international exchange programs for Canadian students. Less than one percent of Canadian students participate in international exchange prog
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