International Higher Education, Winter 2000

Center Related Publications

Greenwood Publishing Co. announces the publication of Private Prometheus: Private Higher Education and Development in the 21st Century, edited by Philip G. Altbach. This volume stems from a conference on private higher education held at Boston College in 1998. Chapters dealing with several Latin American countries, Southeast Asia, and with broader issues of accreditation and the responsibilities of private universities are included. Copies may be ordered from Greenwood Publishing, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881, USA. Limited numbers of a paperback edition are available from the Center for International Higher Education without cost to readers in developing countries. This book is also being translated in Spanish with the cooperation of FLACSO, the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and will be available in Latin America in mid-2000.

Comparative Higher Education: Knowledge, the University and Development, by Philip G. Altbach, published in 1998 is available in a paperback edition for U.S.$30 postpaid from the Comparative Education Research Centre, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Rd., Hong Kong. Limited numbers of complimentary copies are available from the Center for International Higher Education to readers in developing countries. This book will be published in a Chinese-language edition in 2000 by the Peoples Education Press, Beijing, China.

Higher Education in the 21st Century: Global Challenge and National Response, edited by Philip G. Altbach and Patti McGill Peterson. New York: Institute for International Education and Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Center for International Higher Education, 1999. 92 pp. (paper). ISBN 0-87206-252-X. This book is available from IIE Books, POB 371, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701. Limited copies are available on a complimentary basis for institutions in developing countries. Please write to the center for more information.

American Higher Education in the 21st Century: Social, Political, and Economic Challenges, edited by Philip G. Altbach, Robert O. Berdahl, and Patricia J. Gumport. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. 484 pp. (paper). $24.95. ISBN 0-8018-5889-5. Available from Johns Hopkins University Press, 2715 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218.