Adam R. Nelson is a professor of Educational Policy Studies and History at the University o fWisconsin-Madison.

Acknowledgements Introduction: The Global University: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives; A.R.Nelson PART I: REGIONALISM(S) AND GLOBAL HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM Global Aspirations and Strategizing for World-Class Status: New Modes of Higher-education governance and the Emergence of Regulatory Regionalism in East Asia; K.[...] Contributing to the Southeast Asian Knowledge Economy? Australian Offshore Campuses in Malaysia and Vietnam; A.[...] PART II: THE CHANGING DIMENSIONS OF UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE Collegiality and Hierarchy: Coordinating principles in higher education; I.Bleiklie The Twenty-First Century University: Dilemmas of Leadership and Organizational Futures; [...] PART III: ACADEMIC ROLES AND THE PURPOSES OF THE UNIVERSITY Medieval Universities and Aspirations to Universal Significance; I.[...] The Changing Role of the Academic: Historical and Comparative Perspectives; X.Xiaozhou & [...] PART IV: SHIFTING PATTERNS IN GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION Toward General Education in the Global University: The Chinese Model Doctoral Education and the Global University: Studen Mobility, Hierarchy, and Canadian Government Policy, G.[...] & B.Gopaul PART V: UNIVERSITIES AND EXTERNAL FUNDING What Can Modern Universities Learn from the Past? English Universities Working with Industry, 1870-1914; J.Taylor Universities and the Effects of External Funding: Sub-Saharan Africa and the Nordic Countries; P.Maassen Conclusion: Lessons from the Past, Considerations for the Future; A.R.Nelson & I.[...] Contributor Biographies List of Tables and Figures