Deane E. Neubauer is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA and Senior Advisor to the International Forum for Education program at the East-West Center, Honolulu, USA.

"Higher education is growing most rapidly in the Asia-Pacific region, and thus university people as well as policy makers are facing the difficult task of balancing quality and quantity. This book will help readers understand the current situation of higher education not only in the Asia-Pacific region but everywhere that they may work." - Shinichi Yamamoto, Hiroshima University "This volume explores the policy debates and dilemmas in promoting the agenda of a knowledge society. Access, equity, and capacity are inextricably intertwined and policy paradoxes are many as is illustrated across Asia. Policymakers andscholars willbenefit immensely from the experiences reported and ably framed by the editors." - Hazman Shah Abdullah, Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Quality Assurance), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

• Introduction: Access, Equity, and Capacity; D.E. Neubauer  & Y.Tanaka Access, Equity, Capacity: Initiating Some Distinctions; D.E.Neubauer  & J.N.Hawkins Variations on Equity and Access in Higher Education in Asia; J.N.Hawkins Defining and Measuring Capacity in Asia Pacific Higher Education; D.E.Neubauer A New World Order? The Emergence of 'Structured Opportunity Markets' in Higher Education; J.A.Douglass Equity and Access in a Constantly Expanding Indonesian Higher Education System; I.Abdulla Quality as Key in Vietnam's Passage to Educational Integration; B.Phuong Lan The Dilemma of Higher Education Policy Choices in Japan; Y.Tanaka Aligning Capacity with Needs in the Process of Massification of Higher Education in China: Northeast Normal University as a Case; Y.Zhong Access, Equity and Capacity: Concepts and Practices vs. National Development and Demographic Shifts of Malaysian Higher Education; A.Bin Hussein, Z.Mohd Fahmi,  & B.Vassu Social Justice, Equal Access, and Stratification of Higher Education in Taiwan; Y.Shen-Keng  & C.Sheng-Yao Access, Equity, Capacity in Asia Pacific Higher Education: Managing the Trade-Offs in the Philippines; E.de Jesus The Effect of Cross-Border Provision on Higher Education Access, Equity and Capacity in the Asia-Pacific Region; C.Ziguras Tensions between Autonomy and Accountability: Access, Equity, and Capacity in Korean Higher Education; M.Yeom Two Decades of Rapid Higher Education Change: Losses and Gains in Equity, Capacity, and Access in Asia Pacific Higher Education; Y.Tanaka  & D.E.Neubauer