The Center, with the assistance of the Ford Foundation, is sponsoring a working conference on the changing academic workplace in developing and middle-income countries at the Rockefeller Foundation’s conference center in Bellagio, Italy in May 2001. The conference will provide an opportunity for researchers working on a Center-sponsored research project to meet and discuss their results. With a focus on 13 countries—including China, India, Nigeria, South Africa, Malaysia, Russia, Bulgaria, and others—this project will shed light on the rapidly changing circumstances of the academic profession in key parts of the world. Philip G. Altbach has been reappointed editor of the Review of Higher Education for an additional three-year term by the Association for the Study of Higher Education Board of Directors. The Review is published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. The Review is one of the main research journals in the field in the United States. The Africa Higher Education Research Project is coming to an end as the work on our reference handbook is mostly complete. The project, which features substantive essays on every African country and a series of comparative chapters, along with a bibliography and a comprehensive listing of dissertations written on African higher education, will be published in 2002 by Indiana University Press. Copies will be made available without cost to key African universities and higher education specialists and policymakers. The handbook has been sponsored by the Ford Foundation. Damtew Teferra has provided key leadership for it.

Fellowship Opportunities Available At SUNY-Albany
The Department of Educational Administration and Policy Studies of the University at Albany, SUNY announces at least one Ford Foundation-sponsored assistantship for two academic years, with additional funding possible. The assistantships are part of a Ford-funded project on comparative higher education headed by Daniel C. Levy. One element is Levy’s research on the global growth of private higher education. Another is training in comparative higher education at the University. The department’s strong program in this area is expanding. Candidates must apply to and gain acceptance into the department’s doctoral program, with high standards in GRE, GPA, TOEFL, letters of recommendation, and experience. Applications are welcome in any area of comparative education, with preference for comparative higher education (especially if related to Levy’s research). For application materials, write to Carm Colfer, ED 316, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany NY 12222, USA. <Ccolfer@Uamail.albany.edu>. Fax 518 442-5084. In addition, applicants should send a separate letter explaining their special interest in the competitive assistantships to Daniel C. Levy, Distinguished Professor, same address as Colfer, but email: <dlevy@Uamail.albany.edu> Inquiries also welcome, including about a possible postdoc. Decisions on applications may be made as soon as early June 2001, but subsequent applications are welcome and considered if possible. Start of study = Fall 2001 or later.