This collection of 16 essays examines forces transforming higher education around the world, including demands for greater access to higher education, funding problems, the conflicting requirements of various constituencies, and pressures to contribute to a country's economic and social development. The essays include: (1) "Forces for Change" (Madeleine F. Green and Fred M. Hayward); (2) "Institutional Leadership in the Change Process" (Madeleine F. Green); (3) "Asian Higher Education: Growth, Diversity, and Change" (Gerard A. Postiglione); (4) "Latin America and the Change in Change" (Daniel C. Levy); (5) "Higher Education in Africa: Crisis and Transformation" (Fred M. Hayward); (6) "Higher Education in Western Europe" (Claudius Gellert); (7) "The United States" (D. Bruce Johnstone); (8) "Canada" (B. Dalin Jameson and K. George Pederson); (9) "Mexico" (Sylvia Ortega Salazar); (10) "Australia" (Brian G. Wilson); (11) "The United Kingdom" (Kenneth J. R. Edwards); (12) "France" (Suzy Halimi); (13) "The Czech Republic" (Josef Jarab); (14) "South Africa" (Brian De Lacy Figaji); (15) "Japan" (Tadao Isjikawa); and (16) "China" (Bai Tongshuo). (Each essay contains references.) (MDM)