“The compendium is a significant advance for the nascent field of (comparative) higher education of the former Soviet space. Its value to researchers in this community is self-evident, but it will also be beneficial for researchers of other fields of social policy where there is a Soviet legacy (such as healthcare, pensions or school-level education) as well as for scholars and practitioners interested in broader topics relating to higher education and society.” (Emma Sabzalieva, European Journal of Higher Education, November, 2018)