Higher education is increasingly important to the labor market success of individuals and the prosperity of nations, yet, as this book shows, public funding for higher education is declining. It presents innovative approaches to increasing funding for universities through closer ties with business and through privatization of universities.Jan Andersen, University of Copenhagen, DenmarkJakub Brdulak, Associate Professor, Warsaw School of Economics, PolandClaire Callender, Birkbeck College, UKDieter Dohmen, Forschungsinstitut f?r Bildungs- und Sozial?konomie (Institute for Education and Socio-economic Research), GermanyTatyana Koryakina, Center for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES), PortugalMarek Kwiek, University of Poznan, PolandSatoshi Mizobata, Kyoto University, JapanCl?udia S. Sarrico, Universidade de Lisboa, PortugalPedro N. Teixeira, University of Porto, PortugalKarina Ufert, SPARK, MyanmarJohan G. (Hans) Wissema, Technology University, NetherlandsMasahiko Yoshii, Kobe University, Japan