1. The Japanese education system with special emphasis on higher education

   • Ali M. El-Agraa
   • Akira Ichii

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 16

2. Decline in Nigerian universities

   • S. O. Oduleye

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 40

3. From serving students to serving the economy: Changing expectations of faculty role performance

   • Sheila Slaughter

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 56

4. The democratization of Danish higher education: Causes, responses and adaptations

   • John S. Whitehead

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 73

5. Academic development units and the improvement of teaching

   • Ingrid Moses

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 100

6. How not to rank universities

   • David S. Webster

   Review Article Pages: 101 - 109

7. Book reviews

   • Dai Hounsell
   • Barbara Townsend
   • John S. Andrews

   BookReview Pages: 111 - 115

8. Announcement

   Announcement Pages: 116 - 116