International Higher Education, Fall 2000

News of the Center for International Higher Education

The Center welcomes two visiting scholars for the fall semester. Dr. Armando Alcantara of the Center for University Studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City, sponsored by the Mexican Science Council, will be a visiting scholar for the 2000-2001 academic year. Professor Tamir Horovits, chair of the Education Department at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, will be at the Center during the fall semester.

Work on the Africa Higher Education Research Handbook continues under the coordination of Damtew Teferra. Most of the country reports have been submitted, and the project is in its editing phase. This work is sponsored by the Ford Foundation.

Those interested in applying for master's or doctoral study in higher education at Boston College should submit application materials by the end of 2000 if at all possible. Further information can be provided by Professor Karen Arnold, director of the higher education program. E-mail: arnoldkc@bc.edu.

New Project on the Changing Academic Workplace
With the support of the Ford and Rockefeller foundations, work has started on a new project on the changing academic workplace, in comparative perspective. The focus of the project is to illuminate new trends and issues affecting the academic profession and academic work in 14 developing and middle income countries. Among the countries included in the project are China, India, South Africa, Nigeria, Korea, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Bulgaria, and Malaysia. Researchers in each country will write research-based essays highlighting the key issues, and the research essays will be published in a book. The research team will meet to discuss its work at the Rockefeller Foundation's Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio, Italy spring 2001. A major research volume on the changing academic workplace will be published, based on this research. This project is an outgrowth of a smaller research effort sponsored by the Center and the Harvard Project on Academic Appointments, headed by Professor Richard Chait of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. That project, which focused on Western Europe and the United States, resulted in a special theme issue of Higher Education that will be published in early 2001.

New Book Series Announced
Two new book series have been established. These series will highlight key research and analysis in the field of higher education. Both have an international focus.
• The Greenwood Studies in Higher Education is a new book series published by Greenwood Publishers. It will feature books on all aspects of higher education. The series is edited by Philip G. Altbach. Proposals can be sent to Dr. Altbach or directly to Greenwood Publishers. Ms. Jane Garry is the sponsoring editor at Greenwood. Her e-mail address is: jgarry@greenwood.com.
• The RoutledgeFalmer Dissertation Series in Higher Education-this book series publishes the best research-based doctoral dissertations. The series provides a source for the best research on higher education in a timely way. It is multi-disciplinary and publishes dissertations using all methodologies. Authors are expected to modestly revise their work for publication. Books are published in hardback editions. Publication typically takes from seven to nine months, and a standard royalty is offered to all authors. Proposals for books in the series are welcome. Please contact either Dr. Philip G. Altbach or Dr. Farideh Koohi-Kamali, Dissertations Editor, RoutledgeFalmer, 29 W. 35th St., New York, NY 10001, USA. E-mail: <fkamali@routledge-ny.com>.