Heather Eggins is a Fellow Commoner of Cambridge University, and Visiting Professor at Staffordshire University, UK. Her research interests are in policy issues relating to higher education. Her latest book is Building Higher Education Cooperation with the EU (Brill Sense, 2021).Anna Smolentseva is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Education, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, and a PhD student at the Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge.Hans de Wit is Distinguished Fellow and Former Director Center for international Higher Education (CIHE) and Professor Emeritus at Boston College. His research is on internationalization of higher education. He is co-editor of the book series ‘Global Perspectives on Higher Education’.

• Foreword: 50 Volumes of the Brill | Sense Global Perspectives on Higher Education Book SeriesPhilip G. Altbach, Hans de Wit and Rebecca SchendelAcknowledgmentsList of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: The Fulbright New Century Scholars ProgramPatti McGill Peterson and Philip G. Altbach1 Challenges and Prospects for Higher EducationHeather Eggins, Anna Smolentseva and Hans de WitPART 1: The Academic Profession2 A Faculty in Crisis: External and Internal Challenges to the Academic ProfessionNelly P. Stromquist3 Striving for Gender Equality: The EU, Research, and Higher EducationHeather Eggins and Elisabeth Lillie4 Prospects for Internationalization, Advancement, and Gender Equity in Danish UniversitiesCarol Colatrella and Kirsten GomardPART 2: Access5 Holistic Admissions as a Global PhenomenonMichael Bastedo6 Varieties of Learning Regimes and Their Impact on Social InclusionElizabeth Balbachevsky7 Citizenship and Access to Higher Education: The Missing PieceGaële Goastellec8 Equity and Access to Higher Education Twenty-Five Years Later: A Review of Enrollment, Graduation and Employment Trends in South African UniversitiesReitumetse Obakeng MabokelaPART 3: Governance Issues and the Role of the University in Society9 The Governance of European Higher Education in TransitionPatrick Clancy10 What Is the Emerging Society with a High Participation Higher Education System?Anna Smolentseva11 Diverse Higher Education Systems: Reflecting Local and Regional Academic CulturesSarah Guri-Rosenblit12 The Future of South African Universities as Engaged Institutions That Are Globally Networked and Locally ResponsiveChika Trevor Sehoole and Olaide AgbajePART 4: Private/Public Mix in Higher Education13 Global Funding Trends in Higher Education: The Challenges of Competition, Selectivity, and DifferentiationPedro Teixeira14 Improving Access to Higher Education through Demand-Side Policies: Lessons Learned from the Experience of Gainful Employment Regulations in the U.S.Sunwoong Kim and Rie MoriPART 5: International Dimensions of Higher Education15 Internationalization in Higher Education: Global Trends and Recommendations for Its FutureHans de Wit and Philip G. Altbach16 The Boston College Center for International Education and the Emergence of a Field of Analysis, 1995–2020Philip G. Altbach and Hans de WitAppendicesAppendix 1: Directory of Fulbright New Century Scholars Program 2005-2006Appendix 2: 2005-2006 Fulbright New Century Scholars‑OutcomesIndex