ABSTRACT
In the last seven days, somewhere in the world, a new university campus should have opened its gates to students. Next week, in a different location, another new university ought to begin operations.
At the end of the millennium in which the idea of the university has blossomed, population growth is outpacing the world's capacityto give people access to universities. A sizeable new university would now be needed every week merely to sustain current participation rates in higher education. New institutions are not being created at this frequency. A crisis ofaccess lies ahead.
