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In search of Saraswati: The ambivalence of the Indian academic
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The ambivalent role of the college teacher as an individual with an inadequate income, declining social status, and yet the pretensions of professionalism is a theme of as mentioned in this paper, where working conditions, attitudes, and their organizational milieu are surveyed.Abstract:
College teachers in India are the focus of this article. Working conditions, attitudes, and their organizational milieu are surveyed. Data for this article are provided by a case study of the University of Bombay. The ambivalent role of the college teacher as an individual with an inadequate income, declining social status, and yet the pretensions of professionalism is a theme of this article. The Indian teaching community has been called on to function in a rapidly expanding higher education system but with inadequate resources. This situation has led to declining standards of education in general, and in a demoralization of the academic community in particular. A tradition of bureaucratic involvement in academic affairs and only a limited amount of academic freedom have further retarded the growth of a profession and effective teaching community.read more
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Challenges to Stereotypes of International Students’ Prior Educational Experience: undergraduate education in India
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Promotion In Academic Profession In India: Upward Mobility Of Teachers In Higher Education
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TL;DR: A commentary on the status of academic profession in India, focusing on the system of promotion of teachers in higher education and the current economic status, critically reviews the present system, introduced in 2010 and revised in 2013.
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Promotion in the Academic Profession in India : Upward mobility of faculty in higher education
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TL;DR: The challenges and the transformation of academy in Asia are discussed in this book about the changing nature of education in Asia.
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Higher Education in India
TL;DR: The Indian university movement took concrete form with the famous Wood Despatch of 1854 as mentioned in this paper, which forwarded to India from London a plan for "creating a properly articulated scheme of education, from the primary school to the university." One immediate result of his Despatch was the founding of three provincial universities at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay.
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