Several new books written or edited by Philip G. Altbach have been published recently.

The Order of Learning: Essays on the Contemporary University, by Edward Shils (Edited and with an introduction by Philip G. Altbach). New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1997. 292 pp. $34.95 (cloth) ISBN 1-56000-298-0. Available from: Transaction Publishers, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA.

Student Politics in America: A Historical Analysis, by Philip G. Altbach. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1997. 277 pp. $24.95 (paperback) ISBN 1-560000-944-6. Available from: Transaction Publishers, Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ 08903, USA.

The International Academic Profession: Portraits of 14 Countries, edited by Philip G. Altbach. Princeton, N.J.: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1996. 762 pp. $20 (paperback) Available from: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 350 Sansome St., San Francisco, CA 94104, USA

Higher Education Research at the Turn of the New Century: Structures, Issues and Trends, edited by Jan Sadlak and Philip G. Altbach. New York and Paris: Garland Publishing and UNESCO, 1997. 371 pp. $75 (cloth) ISBN 0-8153-2505-3. Available from: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1000A Sherman Ave., Hamden, CT, USA.