The aim of Higher Education Policy is to provide a peer-reviewed vehicle of the highest quality for institutional leadership, scholars, practitioners and administrators at all levels of higher education to have access to, keep abreast of, and contribute to, the most advanced analyses available in this domain. "Higher Education Policy is a unique journal. It combines academic excellence with a participation of the world community of higher education, as is appropriate for a publication of IAU, a worldwide organisation of universities with UNESCO support. This makes Higher Education Policy essential reading for higher education researchers, for institutional leaders and policy makers, as well as for all those academics and students who share an interest in higher education policies across the world."