Acknowledgements
Our heartfelt thanks, for their support, to Professors V. Lynn Meek and John T. E. Richardson of Studies in Higher Education; Ms Åsa Olsson, the IHERD programme, and the OECD; the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency; Professor Philip G. Altbach, the Centre for International Higher Education, and Boston College; Mr Ian White, Taylor & Francis; Professors Peter Scott and Glen A. Jones; Ms Helen Perkins, SRHE; and the SRHE Publications Committee.