First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Germany: Humboldt University in Berlin - Its Transformation in the Process of German Unification, Helmut de Rudder * Russia: A Case Study of the Effects of Changes in Resources on Ryazan State Pedagogical University, Don Hossler, Anatoly, and Sergei Kostikov * Poland: Transformation of Higher Education in Poland after 1989 - Case Study of the University of Lodz, Wieslaw Olesky and Henry Wasser * Slovak Republic: Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice - Gradual but Sure, David A. Turner and Jozef Loasa * Ukraine: Towards a New Definition of Quality - Taras Shevchenko National University (Kyiv University), Joseph Stetar and AnatolyPohribny * Mongolia: The National University of Mongolia - The Winds of Change, Resurengiin Bat-Erdene,SurengiinDavaa, and John L. Yeager * China: A Chinese University in Transition from the Planned Economy to the Market Economy - Tongji University, Julia Pan and Fang Yaomei * Laos: Restructuring the University Pedagogical Institute of Laos - An Outsider's View, John C. Weidman