This book is a guide to the present academic systems of twenty Asian countries and political units. Data provided in each chapter include a historical overview, description of the current system, funding support, enrollment rates, and overall organization of higher education. The chapters include: (1) "Bangladesh" (Kowsar P. Chowdhury); (2) "Cambodia" (Thomas Clayton and Yuok Ngoy); (3) "China" (Weifang Min); (4) "Hong Kong" (Grace C. L. Mak and Gerard A. Postiglione); (5) "India" (William K. Cummings and others); (7) "Iran" (Golnar Mehran); (8) "Japan" (Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow); (9) "Laos" (John. C. Weidman); (10) "Malaysia" (Molly N. N. Lee); (11) "Mongolia" (John C. Weidman and others); (12) "Nepal" (Murari Prasad Regmi); (13) "North Korea" (Gay Garland Reed and Bong Gun Chung); (14) "Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands" (Mark Bray); (15) "Philippines" (Andrew Gonzalez); (16) "Singapore" (Eng Thye Jason Ton); (17) South Korea" (Sungho H. Lee); (18) "Sri Lanka" (Swarna Jayaweera); (19) "Taiwan" (Shun-fen Chen); and (20) "Vietnam" (Dang Ba Lam). Individual chapters contain references and a bibliography contains approximately 400 references. (JLS)