First published in 1999, "American Higher Education in the Twenty First Century" offered a comprehensive introduction to the central issues facing American colleges and universities. This thoroughly revised edition brings the classic volume up to date. The contributors have rewritten every chapter to address major changes in higher…

This comprehensive description of the overall situation and development of the Austrian institutions of higher learning contains a description of the major legal provisions. It provides the background for a policy review of Austrian higher education by the Education Committee of the OECS, meeting in Paris, in May 1975. It also deals with the…

This article traces the legal challenges and contestations embedded in five recent cases of higher education mergers in South Africa. I am aware that there are a number of forms of mergers. For the purposes of this article I use the term as one that is descriptive of a policy decision. Where necessary I make a brief distinction between a merger…