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The fifth issue of Volume 3 of the Journal of the World Universities Forum has now been published.

Volume 3, Number 5 contains:

• Does the Academy Need a New Mission? by Stephen Barnett, Donald L. Sparks and Lee Vickers.
• Participatory Evaluation, Accountability and Quality of Performance, and Quality Improvement by Mathew T. Joseph.
• ‘Cosmoportism’ and ‘UniverCity’ Today: Globalizing Education at Home and Abroad by Zekeh Gbotokuma.
• Bias of the Academy and Media Literacy: The Academy as a Cultural Institution by Yasmin Ibrahim.
• Creating Caring Organizations and Cultures through Communitarian Ethics by Marilyn Anne Ray.

• Training the Next Generation of Environmental Engineers: Development of an Interdisciplinary Engineering Program at Rutgers University by Christopher Uchrin.
• The Migratory Trends of International Baccalaureate Diploma Students in Asia Pacific: Going Global? by Judith Guy and John Switzer.
• The Role of Online Social Networking Sites in Promoting Health for Digital Natives and Immigrants by Diane Hamilton-Hancock and Leaunda Hemphill.
• Rethinking and Reframing Online Learning Environment Course Evaluations, to More Appropriately Reflect an Assessment of Course Design, Cognitive Scaffolding and Instructional Competence: Virtual Learning Expectations, Capability and Competence within Online Learning Professional Standards by Caroline M. Crawford.
• Australian PhD Theses in Selected Professional and Academic Disciplines1987-2006 and the Implications for Future Research Capacity by Terry Evans and Peter Macauley.
• Web 2.0 Based e-Learning Development Process by Katerina Papanikolaou and Stephanos Mavromoustakos.