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'Academic Freedom' in Indian Higher Education Setting
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Sethy, Satya Sundar – Asian Journal of University Education, 2021
In the Indian higher education (HE) setting, what 'academic freedom' of students and faculty members constitutes has not been discussed in detail. As a result, many faculty members and students have discerned 'academic freedom' as freedom from external control and influence. It is noticed that faculty members and students are often misinterpreting…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy, Social Responsibility
Is Indian Higher Education Finally Waking Up?
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Altbach, Philip G.; Mathews, Eldho – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2020
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…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Change, Global Approach
National Policy on Education and Higher Education
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Varughese, Rajan – Higher Education for the Future, 2017
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has come out with the draft of 'National Education Policy (NEP) 2016' in April 2016. The new NEP 2016 seeks to create conditions to improve the quality of teaching, learning and assessment, and promote transparency in the management of education in the country. The policy prescriptions enunciated…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Educational Objectives
The Functioning of Autonomous Colleges
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Rao, V. Pala Prasada; Rao, Digumarti Bhaskara – Educational Research and Reviews, 2012
The college gets separated from the university, though not completely, when it is an autonomous college, which is practice in India. Academic package will become flexible and the decision-making is internalized, changes and updating could be easily carried out, depending on the need as reflected from the feedback taken from alumni, user sectors,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, School Organization, Institutional Autonomy
In Other Countries: Pivotal Elections, Access to Education, University Autonomy, Violence.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1985
Observers in various European, South American, and Asian countries outline current general trends, issues, and prospects in higher education in those countries. (MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Change, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries
Governance of Indian Universities: From Decay to Dynamism?
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Saxena, R. P. – Higher Education, 1990
Increasing government control, extraconstitutional pressures in governance, appointment and dismissal of vice-chancellors on political considerations and drift of the academic community from serious academic pursuits have undermined the autonomy of Indian universities. This paper analyses from macro-micro angles the causes for the decay of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Indian University System: Revitalization and Reform.
Mathur, M. V., Ed.; And Others – 1994
This book contains 35 papers on varying aspects of the Indian university system and strategies for its renewal. The papers are: (1) "Introduction: Imperatives of System Renewal" (Ramesh K. Arora and Meena Sogani; (2) "The Universities and the State: Global Experience and Lessons for India" (Malcolm S. Adiseshiah); (3)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Change, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role