Titles are: Aiken Drum (Scotland) * Au Clair de la Lune (France) * Du, Du Liegst Mir Im Herzen (Germany) * Everybody Loves Saturday Night (Nigeria) * Good-Night, Ladies (America) * I Know Where I'M Going (Scotland) * Kjerringa Med Staven (Norway) * Mi Caballo Blanco (Chile) * Sakura (Japan) * The Water Is Wide (United States and England) * When You Sing (Mexico).

Creatively orchestrated accompaniments for the six Book 1 volumes are available on General MIDI Disk or CD. These additional teaching aids/fun items provide pre-recorded, enhanced, fully orchestrated accompaniments.

The eight titles are: All for Love * Exhale (Shoop Shoop) * Theme from Ice Castles (Through the Eyes of Love) * I Swear * I Will Always Love You (from The Bodyguard) * Now and Forever * Open Arms * Words Get in the Way.

Titles are: Amblin' Ramblin' Dude * C Jam Blues * Hard Hearted Hannah * Hesitation Rag * Hidden Charms * A Jazz Mood * Mack the Knife * Mirage * Moon Mist * Night and Day * A Thoughtful Moment * Tick Tock Rag * Tired Blues * Two-in-One-Hop Boogie.

Titles are: Buon Natale * Christmas Mem'ries * Christmas Time of Year * The Christmas Waltz * (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays * I'll Be Home for Christmas * Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! * The Most Wonderful Time of Year * The Twelve Days of Christmas * Winter Wonderland.

Titles are: I'll Be There for You * Jeopardy Theme * The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down * Over the Rainbow * The Rose * Singin' in the Rain * The Song That Doesn't End * This Is It * The Wind Beneath My Wings.

A pioneering collection of case studies on the global phenomenon of academic excellence initiatives and how they shape the performance of research universities. Academic excellence initiatives (AEIs)—special government-sponsored programs to improve research universities—have provided billions of dollars to top universities and represent perhaps the most significant effort in the past half-century to jumpstart academic research. The contributors to Academic Star Wars, superbly edited by Maria Yudkevich, Philip G. Altbach, and Jamil Salmi, analyze AEIs in nine European and Asian countries, including China, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, Denmark, France, Germany, and Russia, and offer penetrating insights into the successes and problems of these initiatives, as well as into the broader system of higher education itself. Academic Star Wars provides a comprehensive analysis of AEIs across the globe as it seeks to understand the impact of these programs on national higher ed systems. The contributors explore a host of topics, including how the idea of excellence varies across national systems; the lessons to be drawn from the most successful AEIs; the consequences of AEIs, both intended and unintended, for participating universities; and whether AEIs ensure a significant impact on the global standing of national higher education systems. Finally, the contributors offer policy recommendations for national decision-makers and university leaders, taking into account the variety of initial conditions of national higher education systems and the differences in AEI design, scope, and funding.