ABSTRACT
A free trade zone for educational services! Emblematic of the new global world of educational entrepreneurship, Dubia opened its free trade zone in educational services in 2003 calling it Knowledge Village.1 Dubia’s actions exemplify the worldwide marketing of higher education and the activities of multinational learning corporations that add another dimension to the global superstructure of educational practices and policies. The World Trade Organization (WTO) and its General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) have smooth the way for educational marketers and vendors and the commodifi cation of higher education and knowledge. As discussed below, the WTO, GATS, and TRIPs are contributors to the growth of a global educational culture. However, as I indicated in chapter 3, this global educational culture is not uniform and contains contradictory ideas and emphasis. Also, as I suggested in chapter 1, there are global religious education models outside this more general trend to a world education culture.
