<p>Introduction; Alma Maldonado-Maldonado and Roberta Malee Bassett.- 1. The Complexity of Higher Education. A Career in Academics and Activism; Philip G. Altbach.- PART 1: Academic Profession.- 2. Academe: A Profession Like No Other; James J.F. Forest.- 3. How Does National Context Shape Academic Work and Careers? The Prospects for Some Empirical Answers; Martin Finkelstein.- 4. Academic Drift in Brazilian Education; Simon Schwartzman.- PART 2: Internationalization of Higher Education.- 5. Is Internationalization Having an Identity Crisis?; Jane Knight.- 6. The Different Faces and Phases of Internationalization of Higher Education; Hans de Wit.- 7. Internationalization Revisited; Patti McGill Peterson and Robin Matross Helms.- PART 3: Academic Mobility.- 8. Redefining Academic Mobility: From the Pursuit of Scholarship to the Pursuit of Revenue; Liz Risberg and Laura Rumbley.- 9. Academic Mobility as Social Mobility (or, the Point of No Return); Alma Maldonado-Maldonado.- PART 4: Regional Perspectives.- 10. The Impact of Convergent Higher Education Reforms in Europe; Ulrich Teichler.- 11. Research Universities in Latin America: Public Policy and Political Constrains; Jorge Balán.- 12. Phillip G. Altbach, Research Universities, and African Higher Education; Jose Cossa;- 13. The Development of Private Higher Education in Japan since the 1960s: A Re-Examination of a Center-Periphery Paradigm; Akiyoshi Yonezawa.-14. Whither Innovations in Higher Education in India; N. Jayaram.- PART 5: Global Perspectives.- 15. Global Diversity: Emerging Trends; Heather Eggins.- 16. International Quality Assurance: Where Have We Been and Where are We Going?; Judith Eaton.- 17. Tuition Fees, Student Loans, and Other Manifestations of Cost-sharing around the World: Variations and Misconceptions; Bruce Johnstone.- 18. The Contribution of Universities to Innovation: Insights from a Comparative Study of the Leading OECD Nations; David Dill and Frans van Vught.- 19. International Higher Education: Bridging Academia and Global Policy Development at the World Bank; Roberta Malee Bassett and Jamil Salmi;- PART 6: World-Class Universities.- 20. Forms of Capitalism and Creating World-Class Universities; Jennifer Olson and Sheila Slaughter.- 21. Development and Prospect of World-Class Universities in East Asia and Beyond; Qi Wang and Nian Cai Liu.- 22. Aspiring to ‘World Class’ Universities in Australia: A Global Trend with Intended and Unintended Consequences; Lesley Vidovich and Jan Currie.- PART 7: Philip G. Altbach—The Teacher.- 23. Philip Altbach: Through the Eyes of His Students; David Stanfield.- 24. Final Remarks; Roberta Malee Bassett and Alma Maldonado. </p>