Introduction : Universities and 'higher education' / Sheldon Rothblatt, Björn Wittrock
The Limbs of Osiris : liberal education in the English-speaking world / Sheldon Rothblatt
In search of Isis : general education in Germany and Sweden / Sven-Eric Liedman
The Transformation of professional education in the nineteenth century / Rolf Torstendahl
From practice to school-based professional education : patterns of conflict and accommodation in England, France, and the United States / Michael Burrage
Universities, research, and the transformation of the state in Sweden / Aant Elzinga
Research, graduate education, and the ecology of American universities : an interpretive history / Roger Geiger
The Problem of complexity in modern higher education / Burton R. Clark
Comparative perspectives on British and American higher education / Martin Trow
The Modern university : the three transformations / Björn Wittrock.