Diversity and Differentiation in Higher education / Frans van Vught -- Diversity in European Higher Education: Historical Trends and Current Policies / Jeroen Huisman & Frans van Vught -- The Search for Transparency: Convergence and Diversity in the Bologna Process / Dirk van Damme -- The European Higher Education Classification: Objectives and Concepts / Jeroen Bartelse & Frans van Vught -- Rankings and Classifications: The Need for a Multidimensional Approach / Marijk van der Wende & Don Westerheijden -- The European Higher Education Classification: The Design Process / Frans Kaiser & Frans van Vught -- Using tyhe Classification in the European Higher Education Area / Sybille Reichert -- Using the Classification in the European Research Area / Christiane Gaehtgens & Rolf Peter -- Using the Classification for Institutional Profiling: The Norwegian University of Science and Technology / Astrid Lægrid & Julie Feilberg -- Using the Classification for Institutional Profiling: The University of Strathclyde / Peter West & Saskia Hansen -- Name Index -- Subject Index.