1. Introduction

   • Philip G. Altbach

   EditorialNotes Pages: 131 - 134

2. The socialization of German university teachers: Some observations on role acquisition in an academic context and the consequent institutional effects

   • Brigitte Eckstein

   OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 138

3. The American professoriate and the movement toward unionization

   • Lionel S. Lewis
   • Michael N. Ryan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 164

4. Faculty women in the American university: Up the down staircase

   • Bonnie Cook Freeman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 188

5. The robed baron: The academic profession in the Italian university

   • Guido Martinotti
   • Alberto Giasanti

   OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 207

6. The changing role of the Japanese professor

   • William K. Cummings
   • Ikuo Amano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 209 - 234

7. The Latin American professoriate: Progress and prospects

   • Richard Pelczar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 254

8. In search of Saraswati: The ambivalence of the Indian academic

   • Philip G. Altbach

   OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 275

9. Forthcoming articles in Higher Education

   Announcement Pages: 276 - 276