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parts and without a clear unity of mission and
direction. The focus here is on implementing
strategies that will ensure this unity. Among
the topics considered are strategic direction
and decentralization, the role of faculty in gov-
ernance, quality control, and others. Several
case studies are provided.
Csizmadia, Tibor.
Quality Management in
Hungarian Higher Education: Organizational
Responses to Governmental Policy
. Enschede,
Netherlands: CHEPS/UT, 2006. 381 pp. (pb).
ISBN 90-365-2420-2. Address: CHEPS/UT,
Postbus 217, 7500 AE Enschede, Netherlands.
This doctoral dissertation discusses quality
assurance practices in Hungary. Based on a
survey of selected Hungarian universities, the
study discusses the arrangements for quality
assurance and especially how academic insti-
tutions manage and respond to governmental
policies.
Currie, Jan, Carole J. Peterson, and Ka Ho
Mok.
Academic Freedom in Hong Kong
.
Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2006. 192 pp.
(hb). ISBN 0-7391-1081-0. Address: Lexington
Books, 4501 Forbes Blvd., Lanham, MD
20706, USA.
Hong Kong is a particularly interesting place
to study academic freedom. Now part of
China, but with a special status and with a
long tradition of Western-style higher educa-
tion, academic freedom is a kind of litmus test
of how academic freedom can be protected in
the Asian context. Based on interviews with
academics and university administrators, and
focusing on several flashpoints of academic
controversy, this volume examines how the
academic community has dealt with threats to
academic freedom.
Doumani, Beshara, ed.
Academic Freedom after
September 11
. Brooklyn, NY: Zone Books,
2006. 327 pp. $21.95 (pb). ISBN 1-890951-62-
5. Address: Zone Books, 1226 Prospect Ave.,
Brooklyn, NY 11218, USA.
The underlying premise of this book is that
academic freedom in the United States is
under threat following the events of
September 11. Some of the essays discuss
broader academic freedom issues while others
focus more directly on the implications of
September 11.
Duczmal, Wojciech.
The Rise of Private Higher
Education in Poland: Policies, Markets, and
Strategies.
Enschede, Netherlands: CHEPS,
2006. 502 pp. (PB). ISBN 90-365-2417 -2.
Address: CHEPS, Postbus 217, 7500AE,
Enschede, Netherlands.
This doctoral dissertation analyzes the devel-
opment of private higher education in Poland
in the postcommunist period. Information is
provided concerning the history of higher edu-
cation, changes in the legal structure, market
forces, and the strategic responses of higher
education to these changes.
Gandara, Patricia, Gary Orfield, and Catherine
L. Horn, eds.
Expanding Opportunity in Higher
Education: Leveraging Promise.
Albany, NY:
SUNY Press, 2006. 302 pp. $31.95 (pb). ISBN
0-7914-6864-X. Address: State University of
New York Press, 194 Washington St., Albany
NY 12210, USA.
Access remains one of the central challenges
for American higher education. This book pro-
vides a detailed analysis of a range of access
issues in the context of the experience of
California. Among the themes discussed are
the role of K–12 education in higher education
access, equity issues and access, the role of
community colleges, and the transfer process
from community colleges to four-year institu-
tions, and others.
Hallak, Jacques, and Muriel Poisson.
Corrupt
Schools, Corrupt Universities: What Can be
Done?
Paris: International Institute for
Educational Planning, 2007. 319 pp. ¤20.
(pb). ISBN 10-92-803-1296-0. Web site: www.
Unesco.org/iiep.
This comprehensive overview of the nature
and practice of corruption in education at all
levels provides definitions, examples of cor-
rupt practices, and a discussion of implica-
tions. Specific issues such as private tutoring,
academic credentials, and examinations are
discussed. Guidelines for preventing corrup-
tion are provided.
Janson, Kerstin, Harald Schomburg, and
Ulrich Teichler. Wege zur Professur:
Qualifizierung und Beschäftigung an
Hochschulen in Deutschland und den USA.
[Paths to the Professoriate: Qualifications and
Employment in Higher Education in Germany
and the United States
]. Münster, Germany:
Waxmann, 2007. 144 pp (pb). ¤19.90. ISBN
978-3-8309-1788-5. Web site:
www.waxmann.com.
This book presents a comparative study of
Germany and the United States concerning
the academic labor market, including analysis
of the structure of employment, the process of
appointment and promotion; and promotion
to full professor and the “brain drain” from
Germany to the United States.
Kelo, Maria, ed.
The Future of the University:
Translating Lisbon into Practice
. Bonn,
Germany: Lemmens Verlag, 2006. 109 pp
(pb). ISBN 3-9321306. Address: Lemmens
Verlag, Matthias-Grünewald Str 1-3, D-53175
Bonn, Germany.
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