1. Accountability, Access, and Affordability as Key Challenges in the Reform of Croatian Higher Education (Vlasta Vizek Vidovic)
Significant educational reform is under way in Croatia as it continues efforts to harmonize higher education, in large part through introduction of the Bologna process.

2. Pursuing Quality and Equity of Higher Education: A Review of Policies and Practices in East Asia (Samuel S. Peng, Li-Yun Wang)
Many East Asian countries continue to expand access to graduate and undergraduate education, but doing so comes with challenges related to funding, academic productivity, equity, and quality.

3. The Australian Perspective: Access, Equity, Quality, and Accountability in Higher Education (Rajendra Sharma)
Access and equity in Australian higher education poses some major challenges for institutional researchers. Issues such as full student fees and quality assurance are prompting substantial analysis and discussion.

4. Creating an Impetus for Institutional Analysis in South America: Quality Assurance (Michael Middaugh, Moises Silva, Soledad Ramirez, Ricardo Reich)
The issues of quality assurance, greater access, and building a stronger IR capacity in Latin American institutions are receiving increased emphasis. Growth in institutions prompts officials to develop more detailed accountability measures.

5. Listen to the Urgent Sound of Drums: Major Challenges in African Higher Education (Herman Visser)
With traditionally low participation and success rates, declining financial contributions from governments and donors, and critical pressures for efficiency, modernization, development, and growth, the challenges for higher education in Africa are formidable. Growth demands are mainly fueled by the requirements of the knowledge era, globalization, and imperatives for the development of Africa.

6. The Balancing Act: Accountability, Affordability, and Access in American Higher Education (Karen L. Webber, Robert G. Boehmer)
Concerns about higher education continue to be raised from various constituent groups and remind us of the need to articulate issues related to, as well as strong solutions for, balancing accountability, affordability, and access in American higher education.

7. A Few Reflections on Accountability, Affordability, and Access Worldwide (J. Douglas Toma)
Reflecting on issues addressed in the first six chapters offers a clear reminder that trends and issues in higher education are often more similar across national contexts than they are distinct.

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