List of ContributorsSection I: Introduction1. Editorial Introduction, Malcolm TightSection II: Teaching and LearningSection Introduction 2. Approaches to Learning, Jennifer M. Case and Delia Marshall3. Student Learning Research: A Broader View, Tamsin Haggis4. Conceptualising Teaching and Learning Interactions in Researching Higher Education, Paul Ashwin5. International Students from Asia, David Kember6. Study Success of Students from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds: an Overview of Explanations for Differences in Study Careers, Sabine Severiens and Rick WolffSection III: Course DesignSection Introduction7. Curriculum, Kelly Coate8. Problem-based Learning, Anna Kwan9. "An Alignment of the Planets": Mapping the Intersections Between Pedagogy, Technology and Management in Australian Universities, Ilana Snyder, Simon Marginson and Tania Lewis10. Diverse Student Groups: Teaching with a Goal of Inclusivity, Marybeth Gasman and Julie VultaggioSection IV: The Student ExperienceSection Introduction11. Tertiary Education in the Noughties: the Student Perspective, Naomi White12. Tuition Fee Policies in a Comparative Perspective: Theoretical and Political Rationales, Pamela Marcucci and Bruce Johnstone13. From Senior Student to Novice Worker: Learning Trajectories in Political Science, Psychology and Mechanical Engineering, Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren, Håkan Hult, Lars Owe Dahlgren, Helene Hård af Segerstad and Kristina Johansson14. Postgraduate Research Students’ Experience: It’s All About Balancing Living, Coralie McCormackSection V: QualitySection Introduction15. What Can Students’ Perceptions of Academic Quality tell us? Research Using the Course Experience Questionnaire, John T. E. Richardson16. Grading Student Achievement in Higher Education: Measuring or Judging? Mantz Yorke17. National Monitoring of Higher Education: Motives, Methods and Means, John Taylor18. Still Balancing Improvement and Accountability? Developments in External Quality Assurance in the Nordic countries 1996-2006, Trine Danø and Bjørn Stensaker 19. A Global Survey of University Ranking and League Tables, Alex Usher and Massimo SavinoSection VI: System PolicySection Introduction20. Reflections on the Reform of Higher Education in Central and Eastern Europe, Peter Scott21. Globalisation and Higher Education Restructuring in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China, Ka-Ho Mok22. Performance-based Funding as an Instrument of Competition in German Higher Education, Dominic Orr, Michael Jaeger and Astrid Schwarzenberger23. Shifting Roles and Approaches: Government Coordination of Post-Secondary Education in Canada, 1995-2006, Theresa Shanahan and Glen Jones24. Bachelor Graduates on the Labour Market: a Cross-National Comparison of the Employers’ Viewpoint, Bettina AlesiSection VII: Institutional ManagementSection Introduction25. Institutional Structures: where Legitimacy and Efficiency Meet, Colin Pilbeam26. The Shaping of the Departmental Culture: Measuring the Relative Influences of the Institution and Discipline, Jenny J. Lee27. Economies of Scale and Mergers in Higher Education, Colin Green and Geraint Johnes28. University-based Economic Growth, Iryna Lendel, Phil Allen and Maryann Feldman29. Building Democracy’s University: University-Community Partnerships and the Emergent Civic Engagement Movement, Matthew Hartley and David SooSection VIII: Academic WorkSection Introduction30. Interpreting Changing Academic Roles and Identities in Higher Education, Kerri-Lee Krause31. Academic Development, Ranald Macdonald32. The Changing Nature of Academic Work, Jan Currie and Lesley Vidovich33. Understanding Academic Freedom: the Views of Social Scientists, Gerlese S. Åkerlind and Carole KayroozSection IX: KnowledgeSection Introduction34. Academic Research in Contemporary Society, Angela Brew35. Disciplinarity, Ruth Neumann36. Out with Humboldt and in with the Knowledge Society: On the Consequences of the Redefinition of the Role of Higher Education and Research, Merle Jacob37. The University, Neoliberal Reform and the Liberal Educational Ideal, Tony HarlandIndex

" . . .Four of the sections—teaching and learning, course design, the student experience, and quality—are exceptionally exhaustive and valuable compendia of what is currently known about approaches to learning; how to organize, deliver, and assesss curriculum; how to deal with increasing diversity of learners with diverse needs, and how to measure quality in higher education."—Review of Higher Education