"After a year of researching issues of access and equity in higher education in regions round the world, the Fulbright New Century Scholars gathered in Washington Friday to share snapshots of their comparative research on affirmative action, barriers to college access, and the role of private colleges, among other topics," Inside Higher Ed reports. "The 36 scholars, led by D. Bruce Johnstone, director of the International Comparative Higher Education Finance and Accessibility Project at the State University of New York at Buffalo (and a former SUNY chancellor), represent 25 countries, with 12 coming from the United States. In pursuing their research agendas, the scholars collaborated with one another in four working groups: "The Cultural and Societal Norms That Affect Access and Equity in Education," "Mechanisms Within and Beyond the Schools That Affect Access to Higher Education," "Financial Resources and Policies that Enhance Access to Higher Education," and "Arguments, Actors and Policies for Postsecondary Educational Equity: A Comparative Case Study." They met for a third and final time in Washington, following meetings in Buffalo and Mexico City and visits to host universities, of several months duration, in countries other than their own. They were the fifth group of scholars to participate in the interdisciplinary, collaborative New Century program, and the second focused on higher education issues.