Inhalt: "From 2004 to 2012 young, open-minded persons from all over the world joined the Master Programme Higher Education Research and Development (MAHE) at the University of Kassel. In 2012, a first volume (Barbara M. Kehm and Ulrich Teichler, eds. Higher Education Studies in a Global Environment. Vol. 1. Kassel 2012; Werkstattberichte, No. 74) presented the highlights of eight master theses written by students graduating from this programme. This second and final volume presents the highlights from 13 further master theses which have been rated unanimously as 'very good'. The authors of these articles come from ten different countries. Most articles address specific issues of higher education in a single or in two countries - among them often the authors' home countries. Since the programme offered the students the challenge of bringing together prevailing concepts in higher education research and dominating discourses in higher education in their own countries or in other countries they developed an interest in, the master theses mirror the tensions between the assumptions of worldwide pressures and worldwide valid concepts on the one hand, and the experience of varied situations on the other." (publisher's description). Content: Barbara M. Kehm, Ulrich Teichler: Introduction: Learning in Order to Understand and to Shape Higher Education (7-19); Claudia Müller: The Role of Mentoring Networks for the "Widening Participation" Discussion in Higher Education. A Case Study of the Mentoring Network "Arbeiterkind.de" (21-35); Gulinuer Maimaiti: Uyghur Students in Higher Education of China (37-80); Guanzi Shen: Quest for World-Class Universities in China: From the View of National Strategies (81-95); Sarah A. Ooro: Multi-Level Governance in Kenya: A Systemic Analysis of the University Sub-Sector (97-111); Tamara Arutyunyants: Employment Success of Higher Education Graduates Entering the Workforce through Internships: The Case of Germany (113-128); Ekaterina Piotrowski: Comparative Study of Technology Transfer Systems in Germany and Russia (129-140); Vi Thanh Son: Supporting Internationalisation of Higher Education - the Way to Develop. A Case Study of Vietnam (141-155); Madonna Maroun: Internationalization in Lebanese Universities - Rationales, Strategies and Challenges (157-172); Queenie K.H. Lam: In Search of Isomorphism: An Analysis of the Homepages of Flagship Universities (173-193); Carmen Nicoleta Muresan: Towards International Student Oriented Support Services. An Evaluation of Support Services and Facilities at the University of Kassel (195-213); Andrea Cuenca: International Skilled Migration from Developing Countries: Brain Drain or Brain Circulation? The Colombian Case (215-232); Sandy Matthias-Mui: The Professional Value of Academic Exchange and Work Exchange Programmes in Germany: Experience of Hong Kong Graduates (233-249); Elena Schimmelpfennig: Is the Tiger Catching up with the World? Thematic Analysis of Higher Education Research in India (1999-2001 and 2009-2011) (251-271); Barbara M. Kehm: The MAHE Experience: History and Assessment (273-294).