1. Introduction

   • Philip G. Altbach
   • Richard Chait

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 1 - 2

2. A chair system in transition: Appointments, promotions, and gate-keeping in German higher education

   • Jürgen Enders

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 25

3. The academic profession in Britain: A study in the failure to adapt to change

   • Michael Shattock

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 47

4. French academics: Between the professions and the civil service

   • Thierry Chevaillier

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 75

5. Pressures and prospects facing the academic profession in the Netherlands

   • Egbert de Weert

   OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 101

6. Italian university professors in transition

   • Roberto Moscati

   OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 129

7. The academic profession in Spain: Between the civil service and the market

   • José-Ginés Mora

   OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 155

8. Higher education and academic staff in a period of policy and system change

   • Berit Askling

   OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 181

9. The US academic profession: Key policy challenges

   • James P. Honan
   • Damtew Teferra

   OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 203

10. Academic freedom: International realities and challenges

    • Philip G. Altbach

    OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 219