International Higher Education
Issue Index
Issue #54 Winter 2009
International Issues
The Story of Academic Ranking of World Universities
Nian Cai Liu
The Intricacies of Academic Remuneration
Philip G. Altbach
University Admissions: Practices and Procedures Worldwide
Robin Matross Helms
International Quality Control
Alan L. Contreras
Internationalization
Internationalization: Unintended Consequences?
Jane Knight
Is Australia Overdependent on International Students?
Simon Marginson
Private Higher Education
For-profit versus Nonprofit Private Higher Education
Daniel Levy
The World Bank's New Africa Report
Tertiary Education and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: The World Bank Report
William Saint
The World Bank’s Perspective on African Higher Education
Damtew Teferra
South Asia
India’s Effort to Join 21st-Century Higher Education
Philip G. Altbach and N. Jayaram
Higher Education Transformation in Pakistan: Political and Economic Instability
Fred M. Hayward
Countries and Regions
Higher Education and Wayward Labor Markets in Mexico
Wietse de Vries and Alberto Cabrera and Shaquana Anderson
The Impact of the US Financial Crisis on How Students Pay for College
Arthur M. Hauptman
Arab Open and Virtual Universities
David Porcaro
Issue #55 Spring 2009
The Global Financial Crisis
US Higher Education and the Current Recession
David Breneman
Chinese Graduates’ Employment: The Impact of the Financial Crisis
Mucun Zhou and Jing Lin
The Poor and the Rich in US Universities
John Aubrey Douglass and Gregg Thompson
International Issues
Regional Citation Indexes
Nobuko Miyairi
Wolves in Chancellors’ Clothing
George Gollin
Patterns & Problems of Internationalization
The Bologna Process: A Weary Leap Forward
Rainer Hoell and Josef Lentsch and Sebastian Martin Litta
The Problems of Internationalization in Poland
Bianka Siwinska
Double- and Joint-Degree Programs
Jane Knight
International Students in the United States
Patricia Chow and Rachel Marcus
The Academic Profession
The Centrality of the Academic Profession
Philip G. Altbach
The Academic Profession: Colombia’s 2019 Vision
Ivan F. Pacheco
Private Higher Education
Problems in China’s Private Universities
Osman Ozturgut
Statistical Challenges
Taking a Closer Look at the OECD Tertiary Statistics
Arthur M. Hauptman
International Comparisons: What Your Fourth-Grade Math Can Reveal
Clifford Adelman
Countries and Regions
The Reinvention of Undergraduate Education in Hong Kong
Martin Joel Finkelstein and Elaine Walker
Issue #56 Summer 2009
International Trends
Higher Education in Innovation and National Development
Sachi Hatakenaka
Measuring Learning in a Globalization Era
Jeannie Kim and Josipa Roksa and Richard Arum
South Asian Developments
Indian Higher Education: Time for a Rethink
Santosh Mehrotra
India: The Consequences of the Open Door
Philip G. Altbach
Pakistan: How Greed Ruins Academica
Pervez Hoodbhoy
Latin America
Public Funding of Latin American Universities
Ana M. Garcia de Fanelli
Student Quotas in Brazil
Simon Schwartzman
University Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Daniel A. Lopez and Daniel C. Lopez
Private Higher Education
Polish Semielite Private Institutions
Joanna Musial
Iran’s Giant Semiprivate University
Shahrzad Kamyab
European Trends
Seeking Autonomy: French Universities Against the Jacobins
Christine Musselin
The Impact of the UK Research Assessment Exercise
Michael Shattock
Countries and Regions
Vietnam: Hardware Needs Software
Dennis Charles McCornac
The United Arab Emirates and the Branch Campus Gold Rush
Kevin Schoepp
Turkmenistan: Fixing Decades of Damage
Martha Merrill
Issue #57 Fall 2009
Academic Freedom
Academic Freedom: A Realistic Appraisal
Philip G. Altbach
New Challenges in the United States
Robert O'Neil
Academic Freedom at the Crossroads in the United States
Louis M Benedict
International Issues
Is Greater Financial Independence Ahead for Universities?
Roger Goodman
International Strategies for Increasing Attainment
Arthur M. Hauptman and Young Kim
Globalization and Regionalization
Unintended Effects of the Bologna Reforms
Sybille Reichert
Globalization and Quality Assurance in Panama
Nanette Svenson
Canadian Strategies for Internationalization
Sally-Ann Burnett and Jeroen Huisman
Africa Focus
Postgraduate Studies in Africa: The Looming Crisis
Wisdom J. Tettey
Burundi: Challenges and Conflicts
Dorothy E. Finnegan
Countries and Regions
Japan: The “Haves” are Gaining and the “Have-Nots” are Losing
Yoshiaki Obara
Germany: The Quest for World Class
Barbara M. Kehm
A Response
A Closer Look at OECD Statistic
Eric Charbonnier