Page 23 - Higher Education

The challenges of higher education

If India wants to satisfy the aspirations of its youth, it will have to revamp the higher education system without ifs and buts

Indian parents work overtime and borrow to put their children in varsities

Indian parents spend an average of $ 5,560 on their child's education over a typical university course, the report says

India's higher education struggling with dwindling teacher headcount

Teacher strength declines for second straight year, pupil-teacher ratio deteriorates

Rebooting higher education

Skilling and improving the employability of India's graduating workforce remains the country's biggest challenge, as well as its greatest opportunity

The case for autonomy in higher education

Establishing new universities that are progressive, innovative and quick to adapt to a changing world needs careful planning and an understanding of the weaknesses of the current system

Disrupting higher education

The mental conception of a university for most rich people is Harvard or Oxford

Higher education in India: Does the quality match rising expectations?

Universities in US, UK or Europe & even China fare much better than Indian in world ranking index

Check out Canada, Australia: Look beyond US for higher education options

Students and IT workers are worried that changes in the US could turn sour

Changing face of higher education on private campuses

New centres of excellence have come up in north India in the past 5-6 years. They promise flexible curricula, international faculty and research-based education

Govt rates seats of higher learning

Ranking methods have been worked out for six categories of institutions - engineering, management, pharmacy, architecture, universities and colleges