| Abstract: | An emerging international market for education is exploding through the confluence of both new demand and supply factors. The demand factors include important and reciprocal demographic changes in both the developed and the developing world, and a new emphasis on improving ‘human capital’ as a source of national competitiveness and equity. The supply factors include the adoption of new competitive trading strategies by countries competing for students with the United States; changes in the need for ‘lifelong learning’ and the information technology revolution. This article analyses these dynamic factors and discusses remaining bottlenecks to the expansion of international trade in education. The article concludes by laying out some of the implications for the future of the national and international education markets. |
