Leadership for World-Class Universities reveals how "world-class" thinking and policy can help university leaders employ modern solutions to the challenges facing higher education today.

Philip G. Altbach is J. Donald Monan, S.J. University Professor and director of the Center for International Higher Education in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College.

Preface, Goolam Mohamedbhai

Introduction, Philip G. Altbach

1. Strategic Planning for Higher Education, Fred M. Hayward and Daniel J. Ncayiyana

2. Governing Universities in Times of Uncertainty and Change, Álvaro Rojas and Andrés Bernasconi

3. The Funding of Universities in the Twenty-First Century, D. Bruce Johnstone

4. Unlocking the Benefits of Higher Education Through Appropriate Governance, David E. Bloom and Henry Rosovsky

5. Mission-Driven Higher Education in Emerging Academic Systems, Pedro Rosso

6. Higher Education's Landscape of Internationalization, Philip G. Altbach and Jane Knight

7. Where the Quality Discussion Stands: Strategies and Ambiguities, Liz Reisberg

8. Global University Rankings and Their Impact, Nian Cai Liu and Ying Cheng

9. Fund-Raising as Institutional Advancement, Kai-ming Cheng

10. The Challenge of University Leadership in the Developing World, D. Bruce Johnstone

11. Access and Equity, Liz Reisberg and David Watson

12. The Academic Profession: The Realities of Developing Countries, Philip G. Altbach

13. The Challenge of Establishing World-Class Universities in Developing Countries, Jamil Salmi