Table of Contents

Blurring Boundaries and Blistering Institutions: An Introduction.- 1: Higher Education Policy and Society in a Globalising World.- The Stakeholder Perspective Historically Explored.- National Characteristics and Policy Idiosyncrasies.- Changing Patterns in Modes of Co-ordination of Higher Education.- Transformation or Reproduction? Contradictions in the Social Role of the Contemporary University.- International Governmental Organisations and Research on Higher Education.- 2: Global Challenges and Varied Responses.- Globalisation and Internationalisation: Policy Agendas Compared.- Sorbonne, Bologna, Prague: Where do we go from here.- Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms: The Japanese Case.- Internationalisation in Mexican Higher Education.- Globalisation, Regional Responsiveness and a Developing South African Higher Education System.- 3: Implications for Students, Staff and Labour Markets.- Signs of Disengagement? Responding to the Changing Work and Study Patterns of Full-Time Undergraduates in Australian Universities.- Higher Learning in an Age of Uncertainty From Postmodern Critique to Appropriate University Practices.- Are Universities Ready to Face the Knowledge-Based Economy.- Higher Education and the Transition to Work in Japan Compared with Europe.- Developing an Academic Career in a Globalising World.- Ulrich Teichler — Selected Major Publications.

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