The roles of public and private sectors of higher education in Asia and relationships to national systems are explored in reports from the Third International Seminar on Higher Education in Asia. The focus was China, Indonesia, Korea, the Philippines, Japan, and Thailand. Patterns by which national systems of higher education are differentiated between public and private sectors are compared, and alternative forms of provision and support for higher education are examined. Policy implications for higher education in these Asian countries are also addressed. Seminar paper titles and authors are as follows: "Key-Note Report by the Research Institute for Higher Education" (Kazuyuki Kitamura); "Patterns of Public-Private Differentiation in Higher Education: An International Comparison" (Robert Geiger); "Public and Private Sectors in Japanese Higher Education" (Motohisa Kaneko); "Public and Private Sectors in Philippine Higher Education" (Andrew Gonzalez); "Past, Present, and Future Trends in the Public and Private Sectors of Korean Higher Education" (Kwan Lee); "Public and Private Sectors in Indonesian Higher Education" (Willi Toisuta); "Public and Private Sectors in Thai Higher Education" (Paitoon Sinlarat); and "Governance of Higher Education in the People's Republic of China" (Maoyuan Pan). (SW)