Altbach, P. G., Gumport, P. J., & Johnstone, D. B. (Eds.). (2001). In defense of American higher education. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.

Johnstone, D. B., & DelGenio, B. (2001). College-level learning in high school: Purposes, policies, and practical implications. Washington, DC: American Association of Colleges and Universities.

Johnstone, D. B. (2001). Financing higher education: Who should pay? In J. L. Yeager, G.M. Nelson, E. A. Potter, J. C. Weidman, & T. G. Zullo (Eds.), ASHE Reader on Finance in Higher Education (2nd ed., pp. 3-16). Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing.

Johnstone, D. B. (2001). Higher education and those "out-of-control costs." In P. G. Altbach, P. J. Gumport, & D. B. Johnstone (Eds.), In defense of American higher education (pp. 144-178). Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press.

Johnstone, D.B., Shroff-Mehta, P. (2001). "Higher Education Finance and Accessibility: An International Comparative Examination of Tuition and Finance Assistance Policies," in Heather Eggins, ed., Higher Education Reform. London: Society for Research into Higher Education.

Johnstone, D. B. (2001). Patterns of finance: Revolution, evolution, or more of the same? In J. L. Yeager, G. M. Nelson, E. A. Potter, J. C. Weidman, & T. G. Zullo (Eds.), ASHE Reader on Finance in Higher Education (2nd ed., pp. 17-42). Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing.

Johnstone, D. B. (2002, October). The international comparative study of higher education: Lessons from the contemplation of how others might see us. Paper presented at the Forum for the Future of Higher Education, Aspen, CO.

Johnstone, D. B. (2002, November). Worldwide trends in the finance and management of higher education. Keynote address presented (and co-chair) at the 23rd Symposium of the Salzburg Seminar's Universities Project on Financing Higher Education, Salzburg, Austria.

Johnstone, D. B. (2002, July). Chinese universities in the context of the worldwide higher education change agenda. Paper presented at the Chinese and Foreign University Presidents Forum, Beijing, China.

Johnstone, D.B. (2001, May). The Challenges and Opportunities of Leadership. Part of LeadersSpeak.Now: A Series of Talks on Leadership, sponsored in part by Leadership Buffalo.

Johnstone, D. B. (2001, May). Cost sharing in higher education: Worldwide trends and a research agenda (Keynote). International Conference on Economics of Education, Peking University, Beijing, China.

Johnstone, D. B. (2001, May). Diversifying revenue sources in higher education: Imperatives and dilemmas. 2001 Lee Hysan Lecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Johnstone, D. B. (2001, March). Ramifications of cost sharing in higher education (Panel). Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society, Washington, DC.

Johnstone, D. B. (2001, March). Student loans in international perspective: Promises, failures, myths, and partial truths. Washington, DC.

Johnstone, D. B. (2001, February). Student loans: What can we learn from international experiences? (Keynote Address). 2nd Annual Student Loan Reform Conference, Washington, DC.