Editor's Introduction (full text)

HANS G. LINGENS

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The Role of the Universities in the Europe of Knowledge

Communication from the Commission

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Financing Higher Education in Hungary at the Turn of the Millennium

ISTVÁN POLÓNYI

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The Incentive System in Higher Education
KLAUS LANDFRIED

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Higher Education in Competition
Opportunities and Risks

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Focus: Course Fees

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Higher Education Finance Reform in the Czech Republic
Transitions in Thought and Practice
MATTHEW S. MCMULLEN

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New Ways to Finance Higher Education

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