1. Introduction

   • Philip G. Altbach
   • V. Selvaratnam

   EditorialNotes Pages: 5 - 7

2. Call for papers

   Announcement Pages: 8 - 8

3. Twisted roots: The Western impact on Asian higher education

   • Philip G. Altbach

   OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 29

4. Independence and choice: Western impacts on Japanese higher education

   • Shigeru Nakayama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 48

5. China's universities and Western academic models

   • Ruth Hayhoe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 85

6. The emergence of the modern university in Korea

   • Sungho Lee

   OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 116

7. The development of higher education in Taiwan

   • Wen-Hsing Wu
   • Shun-Fen Chen
   • Chen-Tsou Wu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 136