Contributors Alberto Amaral CIPES – Centro de Investigação de Políticas do Ensino Superior, Rua 1° de Dezembro, n° 399, 4450 Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal Wim Blockmans NIAS (Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciences), Meijboomlaan 1, 2242 PR, Wassenaar, The Netherlands Lutz Bornmann ETH Zurich, Zaehringerstrasse 24, CH‑8092 Zurich, Switzerland John Brennan Centre for Higher Education Research and Information, The Open University, 44 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4LL, U.K. Alessandro Cavalli Department of Political and Social Studies, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy Hans‑Dieter Daniel ETH Zurich, Zaehringerstrasse 24, CH‑8092 Zurich, Switzerland, and University of Zurich, Evaluation Office, Muehlegasse 21, CH‑8001 Zurich, Switzerland Karl Dittrich NVAO (Accreditation Organisation of The Netherlands and Flanders), Parkstraat 28, 2514 JK Den Haag, The Netherlands Pierre Dubois Professor of Sociology, University of Marne‑la‑Vallée, Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés (LATTS), 5 boulevard Descartes, Champs sur Marne, 77454 Marne‑La‑Vallée Cedex 2, France Alessandro Figà‑Talamanca Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Piazzle Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy Maria João Rosa CIPES – Centro de Investigação de Políticas do Ensino Superior, Rua 1° de Dezembro, n° 399, 4450 Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal Leendert Klaassen NVAO (Accreditation Organisation of The Netherlands and Flanders), Parkstraat 28, 2514 JK Den Haag, The Netherlands Sandra Mittag ETH Zurich, Zaehringerstrasse 24, CH‑8092 Zurich, Switzerland, and University of Zurich, Evaluation Office, Muehlegasse 21, CH‑8001 Zurich, Switzerland Jan Sadlak Director, UNESCO‑CEPES (European Centre for Higher Education), 39 Stirbei Vodà Str., Bucharest, Romania ix Contributors Diana Tavares CIPES ‑ Centro de Investigação de Políticas do Ensino Superior, Rua 1° de Dezembro, n° 399, 4450 Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal Ulrich Teichler International Centre for Higher Education Research, University of Kassel, Mönchebergstrasse 17, D‑34109 Kassel, Germany Massimiliano Vaira Department of Political and Social Studies and Centre of Studies and Researches on Higher Education Systems (CIRSIS) University of Pavia, Via Luino 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy Jef C. Verhoeven Centre for Sociological Research, Parkstraat 45, bus 3601, 3000 Leuven, Belgium Don F. Westerheijden University of Twente, Center for Higher Education Policy Studies, CHEPS, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands Wynand Wijnen Department of Educational Development and Research, Universiteit Maastricht, Cap. Groep O&O, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands Akiyoshi Yonezawa Tohoku University, CAHE (Centre for the Advancement of Higher Education), 41 Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8576, Japan