HIGHER EDUCATION: PUBLIC GOOD OR PUBLIC SERVICE? ANALYSIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF INTERNATIONALIZATION OF EDUCATION

Abstract

This article aims to make a blueprint of higher education, starting from the distinction between public good and public service and based on capital and market theories, particularly those focused on human capital. Thus, I raised two questions related to the internationalization of higher education and to the need of transforming it into a service, questions that I sought to answer. The conclusions include opinions about the current state of affairs.GATS, higher education market, internationalization, public good.