International Higher Education, Spring 2002

News Books from the Center for International Higher Education

Philip G. Altbach and Yoshikazu Ogawa, eds., Higher Education in Japan: Reform and Change in the 21st Century. This book was originally published in 2002 as a theme issue of Higher Education. It features essays by Japanese scholars on the current wave of reforms taking place in Japan. A limited number of free copies are available from the Center.

Philip G. Altbach and Viswanathan Selvaratnam, eds., From Dependence to Autonomy: The Development of Asian Universities. This book, originally published in 1989 by Kluwer Publishers, examines the development of universities in key Asian countries from a historical perspective. A limited number of free copies are available from the Center to readers in developing countries.

A Spanish-language edition of Philip G. Altbach’s Comparative Higher Education has been published in Argentina. The Spanish title is Educación superior comparada. The publisher is the Universidad de Palermo. This volume is available for sale from Librería Téchnica, Florida 682, Local 18, C1005AAM, Ciudad de Boenos Aires, Argentina. E-mail: <info@cp67.com>.

African Higher Education: An International Reference Handbook, coedited by Philip G. Altbach and Damtew Teferra, has gone into production at Indiana University Press. The book will be published in late 2002. Copies will be made available to African institutions and researchers. This project has been funded by the Ford Foundation. Further information can be obtained from Ms. Dee Mortonsen, Indiana University Press, Indiana University Press, 601 N. Morton Street, Bloomington, IN 47404, USA.