Located at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, the Center also sponsors selected research projects.
The publication seeks to feature countries that do not receive a lot of attention in the research literature, and issues that have salience to current global debates.
As part of an ongoing partnership with the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, assumes responsibility for the Chinese translation.
The Independent Kazakhstan Quality Assurance Agency in Education is responsible for the Russian translated edition of IHE.
The Center was founded by Philip G. Altbach, J. Donald Monan SJ professor of higher education at Boston College.