American higher education / John W. Sommer -- The evolution of American higher education / Roger E. Meiners -- In service to the state / Joel H. Spring -- Federal student aid / C. Ronald Kimberling -- Higher education, the individual, and the humane sciences / Antony Flew -- The economics of...

1. Mapping the European higher education landscape : new insights from the EUMIDA Project / Andreas Niederl ... [et al.] -- 2. Is there a European university model? : new evidence on national path dependence and structural convergence / Torben Schubert ... [et al.] -- 3. Public and private...

Countering recent arguments that we should "unbundle" or "disrupt" higher education, Jason Owen-Smith argues that research universities are unique gems that deserve our financial and social support. While they are complex and costly, their enduring value is threefold: they simultaneously act as...

Introduction / David D. Dill, Frans A. Van Vught -- Australia / V. Lynn Meek, Leo Goedegebuure, Jeannet Van Der Lee -- Canada / Donald Fisher, Kjell Rubenson -- Japan / Akira Arimoto -- The European Union / Frans A. Van Vught -- Finland / Seppo Hölttä -- Germany / Jürgen Enders -- The...