This book provides an overview of education reform in 27 countries. Following the introduction by Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Alan R. Sadovnik, and Susan F. Semel, part 1 offers national case studies of educational reform in the 1980s. Chapters include: (2) "Argentina" (Ana Munoz-Sandoval); (3) "Australia" (Richard Teese); (4) "Brazil" (Robert Cowen and Maria Figueiredo); (5) "Canada" (Dennis Thiessen); (6) "China" (John N. Hawkins); (7) "Colombia" (Mary Ann Larsen-Pusey); (8) "Cuba" (Rolland G. Paulston and Cathy C. Kaufman); (9) "Arab Republic of Egypt" (Samir A. Jarrar and Byron G. Massialas); (10) "France" (George A. Male); (11) "Germany" (Wolfgang Mitter); (12) "Great Britain" (Geoffrey Walford); (13) "Hong Kong" (Gerard A. Postiglione); (14) "Hungary" (Cathy C. Kaufman); (15)"India" (Ila Patel); (16) "Iran" (Golnar Mehran); (17) "Israel" (Yitzhak Kashti, Mordecai Arieli, and Rina Shapira); (18) "Japan" (James J. Shields, Jr.); (19) "Kenya" (Reese Hughes); (20) "Mexico" (Eduardo Pena de la Mora); (21) "Nicaragua" (Susan Rippberger, Mark B. Ginsburg, and Rolland G. Paulston); (22) "Norway" (Val D. Rust); (23) "Peru" (Sydney R. Grant); (24) "South Africa" (Harold D. Herman); (25) "United States" (Susan F. Semel, Peter W. Cookson, Jr., and Alan R. Sadovnik); (26) "USSR" (Stephen T. Kerr); (27) "Yugoslavia" (Niksa Nikola Soljan); and (28) "Zimbabwe" (Betty Jo Dorsey). Part 2 examines comparative issues in stratification. Chapters include: (29) "Women and Higher Education Reforms: Expansion Without Equality" (Gail P. Kelly); and (30) "Issues of Class and Educational Reform in Comparative Perspective" (Irving Epstein). References and an index are included. (LMI)