International organizations dealing with higher education should pay more attention to the rise of autonomous world regional processes and explore synergies. This article gives an overview of new macro-regional processes around the world. The European case is the most salient, but developments in America and East Asia are also noticeable. In the…

Traces the process of policy formulation in Lithuania as the country moved towards a new law on higher education. Outlines recent developments in Estonian higher education and its critical issues. Discusses findings that may be of relevance to others working in the area of legislative reform in countries moving to a market economy. (EV)

Through comparison of higher education transformation in South Africa and the United States, highlights issues confronting leaders and policymakers, including the structure of national mandates, challenges of urgency and abundance, importance of a language of transformation, and issues of legitimate and tested decision-making processes. Offers…

Scholars and practitioners have argued that small states are not simply small-scale versions of large states. Rather, small states have distinctive generic features and require distinctive policies. This article focuses on Macau--an autonomous Special Administrative Region within China, and with features comparable to those of small sovereign…

This article focuses on the notion of institutional reflexivity. Its theoretical framework is based on the views of a group of sociologists--Anthony Giddens, Ulrich Beck, Scott Lash--who developed the concept of reflexive modernization. The article applies the notion of institutional reflexivity to the field of higher education and reviews the…

Following national adaptations to the Bologna-declaration, accreditation is increasingly becoming the most dominant form of quality assurance of higher education in Europe. Over the last decade, national authorities have set up both institutional and programme accreditation procedures, currently accompanied by a growing number of private…

The globalization of education, with its multiple associations with the growth of the knowledge society, the increasing penetration of market forces in higher education and the treatment of education as an exportable good, supplied in different forms and by various providers, exerts the need for systematic quality assurance in higher education. In…

The paper seeks to accomplish four objectives. The first is to examine the need for e-learning in Africa's institutions of higher learning. The second is to discuss the policy, institutional, pedagogical, copyright, and quality assurance issues that need to be addressed. The third is to critically examine the advantages and disadvantages of…

Examines research management, particularly within higher education institutions, in 21 Arab countries including, research and current trends in knowledge production, institutional aspects, research funding, and good practice in research management. (EV)

Examines research management, particularly within higher education institutions, in Africa including, research and current trends in knowledge production, institutional aspects, research funding, and good practice in research management. (EV)

Examines research management within higher education institutions in East and Central Europe including, research and current trends in knowledge production, institutional aspects, research funding, and good practice in research management. (EV)

Examines research management within higher education institutions in Latin American and Caribbean countries including, research and current trends in knowledge production, institutional aspects, research funding, and good practice in research management. (EV)

Examines research management within higher education institutions in the Asia-Pacific region including research and current trends in knowledge production, institutional aspects, research funding, and good practice in research management. (EV)

Provides a synthesis of the major points raised in the analyses of national and regional university research management in the issue's articles. Also presents suggestions for future activities for UNESCO's Research Management Forum. (EV)

Suggests that our combined public, private, corporate, and proprietary system of postsecondary education can be best understood as a complex interaction of various types of markets, governmental policies, disciplinary associations, and institutional actors. Proposes a model for explaining how these factors interact to form the "system" of American…