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A series of essays by some of Europe's most
thoughtful higher education scholars exam-
ines the European higher education land-
scape as the Bologna process continues.
Among the themes considered are the future
of public higher education, European univer-
sities and global competition, the role of
multinational universities, adaptation of uni-
versity governance structures, and others.
Kogan, Maurice, Mary Henkel, and Steve
Hanney. 
Government and Research: Thirty
Years of Evolution.
Dordrecht, Netherlands,
2006. 247 pp $119 (hb). ISBN 1-4020-4444-5.
Address: Springer Publishers, POB 17, 3300
AA Dordrecht, Netherlands.
An update of research published in 1983,
this book examines how the British govern-
ment relates to research sponsorship and
funding in an area of health policy. It looks at
how government develops its research priori-
ties and funding patterns. It is unusual in its
depth of analysis of governmental decision
making concerning research.
Levin, Daniel N. 
Powers of the Mind: The
Reinvention of Liberal Learning in America.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006.
299 pp. (hb) $39. ISBN 978-0-226-47553-0.
Address: University of Chicago Press,
Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
An analysis and defense of liberal education
in American higher education, this book
focuses on the experience of the University of
Chicago, an institution with a strong commit-
ment to liberal education and one that devel-
oped many of the key concepts associated
with it. The author builds a model for contem-
porary liberal education.
Levin, John S., Susan Kater, and Richard
Wagoner. 
Community College Faculty: At Work
in the New Economy
. New York: Palgrave
Macmillan, 2006. 192 pp. (hb). ISBN1-4039-
6667-2. Address: Palgrave Macmillan, 175
Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10010, USA.
Faculty members at America's two-year
community colleges are an underresearched