Introduction : transnational providers and the creation of a global higher education market -- Crossing boundaries : commerce and culture in the offshore classroom -- Offshoring 101: the growth of transnational education -- Risky business: international outsourcing and foreign investment by universities -- Teaching at the peripheries -- The cultural politics of transnational education -- Redrawing boundaries : re-establishing control over transnational education -- Regulating foreign providers : capacity building and enrichment -- Divergent strategies for governing transnational higher education : Greek protectionism and Malaysian capacity building -- Principles guiding quality assurance in transnational higher education -- Global convergence in quality assurance -- Trade agreements : abolishing barriers and erecting barricades -- Conclusion.
