India now has the second largest higher education system (after China) in the world. After spending most of its energy on simply meeting the needs of expanding participation in recent years, India, under Prime Minister Modi's second administration, is finally turning its attention to boosting quality, increasing research productivity, and for the…

India, with the world's second largest higher education system and a rapidly growing economy as one of the BRIC nations, faces significant challenges in building both capacity and excellence in higher education. India's higher education system is characterized by "islands of excellence in a sea of mediocrity." The mainstream universities…

China and India together account for almost 25% of the world's postsecondary student population. Most of the enrolment growth in the coming several decades will be in developing countries, and China and India will contribute a significant proportion of that expansion, since China currently educates only about 20% and India 10% of the age cohort.…

Increased enrollments, regional politics, student activism and rigid examinations have all contributed to the higher education crisis in India. (PG)

Knowledge production and distribution in India are described. Specifically discussed are textbooks, authors, radio and television, and India's ties to the international knowledge network. Even though it is a third world country, India has some independence and autonomy with regard to knowledge production and distribution. (RM)

Discusses the publishing industry in developing countries and its role in the creation and diffusion of knowledge in its pure and applied forms. Data from India is cited. (Author/PG)

A scandal relating to examination-fixing in the University of Bombay led to the resignation of its vice chancellor, followed by the chief minister of the state of Maharashtra. The intersection of politics and education, and the use of educational institutions for political or patronage purposes was at the heart of the problem. (MLW)

This bibliography comprises 1,419 items arranged in 35 chapters. About 40 percent of the listings include annotations. The bibliography includes education materials in English mainly for the period from 1960 to 1985. In a few instances, important items published earlier are listed. The volume covers the major South Asian nations of Bangladesh,…

Educational change, as called for in "Tomorrow's Teachers" and other reports, is compared briefly with changes taking place in the Soviet Union, India, and Japan. Teacher education in developing nations is touched upon. (Author/MT)

Higher education in India has returned to normal after cessation of the declared Emergency by Indira Gandhi, with increased student and faculty militancy as well as the emergence of strong pressures for increased governmental control over the university. (LBH)

A discussion of higher education in India looks at the system in comparison to others around the world, its politics, bureaucratic inertia, the institutionalized policy of expansion, the academic profession, funding, the examination system, and the university's role in society. Implications for meaningful reform are examined. (MSE)

The working conditions, attitudes, and organizational milieu of college teachers in India are examined based on a case study of the University of Bombay. Focus is on the ambivalent role of the college teacher as an individual with an inadequate income, declining social status, but the pretentions of professionalism. (Author/LBH)

The comparative higher education course offered at the State University of New York at Buffalo is briefly described, and a course schedule is presented, including required and recommended readings for each topic. The course is intended to provide a broad cross-cultural perspective and considers the growth and development of universities in Europe,…