For the past three years, the Center for International Higher Education has been supported by the Ford Foundation. We are pleased to note that the foundation has renewed its support for the work of the Center for another two years. Two graduate assistants have joined the Center's work for 2001–2002. Hasan Ez-Zaim, who has been a Fulbright scholar from Morocco at Boston College, will work jointly with the Center and the Irish Institute. Michael Agganis will also join the Center. They join Alma Maldonado, Jef Davis, and Roberta Bassett, who continue their affiliations as they work on their doctoral degrees. One of the major research journals in the field of higher education, The Review of Higher Education, continues to be edited by Philip G. Altbach, with associate editors Karen C. Arnold and Ted Youn. The managing editor is Robert Bassett. The journal's sponsor, the Association for the Study of Higher Education, recently renewed Dr. Altbach's editorship for an additional three years.

The Center will cosponsor, with the Monan Chair in Higher Education, the third annual Monan Symposium on Higher Education in fall 2001 at Boston College. Two speakers will be featured: John Maguire, who will speak on enrollment and competitiveness; and Henry Rosovsky, who will focus on the fate of the university as ivory tower.

Philip G. Altbach taught in the master's program in higher education at the Universidad de Palermo in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the third time in August 2001. The program is cosponsored by the UNESCO Chair in Higher Education, held by Dr. Miguel A. Escotet. The Universidad de Palermo will publish Comparative Higher Education, by Philip G. Altbach, in a Spanish edition, shortly. Further information can be obtained Liberia Tecnica, Florida 683, Local 18, CP1005AAM Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Financial Support Available for Doctoral Study in Higher Education
The graduate program in higher education at Boston College, in collaboration with the Center for International Higher Education, offers master’s and doctoral study in higher education. Financial assistance is available for doctoral study. The program's interdisciplinary approach is strengthened by an international perspective. For more than 30 years, Boston College has offered graduate-level degrees in the field. Five full-time faculty are affiliated with the higher education program, and it is possible for students to take advantage of courses and resources at other Boston-area institutions through our consortium. For further information, please contact Prof. Karen Arnold, coordinator of the higher education program. Her e-mail address is: <arnoldkc@bc.edu>.

Private Higher Education Initiative
The Center, in collaboration with Professor Daniel Levy at the State University of New York in Albany, is undertaking a new initiative concerning private higher education. Our goal is to highlight the dramatic new developments worldwide concerning the fastest-growing segment of higher education—private higher education. We will develop a website and related publications providing up-to-date information on developments in private higher education worldwide. Information regarding new laws, initiatives, research, and activities in the area of private higher education will be featured. Our goal is to provide information and documentation to provide those concerned with private higher education with easy access to current thinking. This project stems from our 1998 conference and the resulting book, Private Prometheus: Private Higher Education and Development in the 21st Century, published by the Center for International Higher Education and Ablex Publishers. SUNY-Albany has a special interest in private higher education worldwide, and is currently engaged in research and graduate training in this field. At the Center, Alma Maldonado will be responsible for work on private higher education, while at SUNY-Albany Yisa Cao will help with the research. The Ford Foundation supports this project. For further information, please contact Alma Maldonado. Her e-mail address is: <guadelupe@bc.edu>.