<p>Chapter 1. The contribution of comparative studies and cross-cultural approach to understand higher education in the contemporary world; Ana Maria de Albuquerque Moreira, Jean-Jacques Paul, Nigel Bagnall.- Chapter 2. Brazil, Russia and Turkey: How new democracies deal with international models of higher education; Maria Ligia Barbosa, Elisaveta Bydanova and Jean-Jacques Paul.- Chapter 3. Interaction system of global education and the national system of education: the social tension zone; Svetlana Sharonova, Natalia Erokhova, Maria Angélica Oliva and Márcia Lopes Reis.- Chapter 4. Internationalisation: A global phenomenon with regional differences. Perspectives of young universities in Austria, Chile and Peru; Ligia Pasqualin, Christian Friedl, Ulrike Pölzl-Hobusch and Rupert Beinhauer.- Chapter 5. An international comparative perspective on higher education institutions' governance and management: Portugal, Finland and Brazil; Sara Diogo, Milka Barbosa and Teresa Carvalho.- Chapter 6. Access to higher education in Portugal, Brazil and Mexico: tensions and challenges for a democratization with quality; João Ferreira de Oliveira, Belmiro Gil Cabrito, Armando Alcântara Santuário.- Chapter 7. Predictors of vulnerability in Latin American higher education; Joaquín Gairín, Diego Castro and Aleix Barrera-Corominas.- Chapter 8. Higher Education expansion in the Portuguese-speaking countries: the case of Angola, Cape Vert and Portugal; Luisa Cerdeira, Belmiro Cabrito, Tomás Patrocinio, Lourdes Machado-Taylor, Rui Brites, Arnaldo Brito, Neusa Barbosa Vicente, Ndilu Mankenda Nkula, Alfredo Buza.- Chapter 9. Globally transformative student experiences: Challenges and opportunities in learning and teaching in the transnational business education program; Nattavud Pimpa, Margaret Heffernen, Jason Downs.- Chapter 10. Higher education assessment in Brazil, the United States of America and the Netherlands: enhancing of quality or regulation instrument?; Catarina deAlmeida Santos, Danielle Xabregas Pamplona Nogueira, Girlene Ribeiro de Jesus.- Chapter 11. A comparative study of the federal higher education student financial aid systems in Brazil, Australia and the UK; Paulo Meyer Nascimento, Manoela Vilela Araújo Resende.- Chapter 12. Higher educated women's labor market outcome indicators: A comparative analysis of six Muslim countries.</p><br>
