Further reading

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BOOKS

Agarwal, Pawan. Indian higher education: envisioning the future. New Delhi: Sage, 2009.

Altbach, Philip G. and Jorge Balan. World class worldwide: transforming research universities in Asia and Latin America. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press. 2007.

Arum, Richard and Jospika Roksa. Academically adrift: limited learning in college campuses. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011.

Beteille, Andre. The university at the crossroads. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2010.

Bhushan, Sudhanshu. Public financing and deregulated fees in Indian higher education. Delhi: Bookwell, 2010.

Chanana, Karuna (ed.). Transformative links between higher and basic education: mapping the field. New Delhi: Sage, 2004.

Folbre, Nancy. Saving state university: why we must fix public higher education. New York: New York University Press, 2010.

Gupta, Asha, Daniel Levy and K.B. Powar (eds.). Private higher education: global trends and Indian perspectives. New Delhi: Shipra Publishing, 2008.

Hasan, Mushirul (ed.). Knowledge, power and politics: educational institutions in India. Delhi: Roli Books, 1998.

Jayaram, N. The fall of the guru: the decline of the academic profession in India’ in Philip G. Altbach (ed.), The decline of the guru: the academic profession in developing and middle income countries. Chestnut Hill, MA: Centre for International Higher Education, Boston College, 2008.

Jeffrey, Craig, Patricia Jeffery and Roger Jeffery. Degrees without freedom? education, masculinities and unemployment in north India. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2008.

Jeffrey, Craig. Time-pass: waiting, micropolitics and the Indian middle classes. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2010.

Lukose, Ritty. Liberalisation’s children: gender, youth and consumer citizenship in globalizing India. Durham and London: Duke University Press and New Delhi: Orient Blackswan, 2009.

Kapur, Devesh and John McHale. Give us your best and brightest: the global hunt for talent and its impact on developing countries. New York: Brookings Institution Press, 2005.

Menand, Louis. The marketplace of ideas: reform and resistance in the American university. New York: W.W. Norton, 2010.

Mohan, T.T. Ram. Brick by red brick: Ravi Mathai and the making of IIM Ahmedabad. Delhi: Rupa & Co., 2011.

Nelson, Cary. No university is an island: saving academic freedom. New York: New York University Press, 2010.

Nadkarni, M.V. and R.S. Deshpande (eds.). Social science research in India: institutions and structure. New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2011.

Saini, Angela. Geek nation: how Indian science is taking over the world. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2011.

Schuster, Jack H. and Martin J. Finkelstein. The American faculty: The restructuring of academic work and careers. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Taylor, Marc C. Crisis on campus: a bold plan for reforming our colleges and universities. New York: Alfred Knopf, 2010.

 

ARTICLES

Abrol, Dinesh. Democratizing Indian higher education. ‘Social Change’ 36(3): September 2006.

Agarwal, Pawan. Higher education in India: the need for change. ICRIER working paper no. 180, June 2006.

Altbach, Philip G. Sub-prime crisis in higher education. ‘International Higher Education’ 51: 2008.

Altbach, Philip G. The giants awake: higher education systems in China and India. ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ 44(23): 2009.

Balakrishnan, Pulapre. Higher education in India: will ‘six per cent’ do it? ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ 42(39): 2007.

Basant, Rakesh and Gitanjali Sen. Who participates in higher education in India? rethinking the role of affirmative action. ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ 45(39): 2010.

Bhushan, Sudhanshu. Perspectives on affiliating system reforms in Indian higher education. ‘Perspectives in Education’ 25(4): October 2009.

Chanana, Karuna. Globalisation, higher education and gender. ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ 42(7): 2007.

Chandrasekhar, C.P. Chipping at the margin: judicial institutionalisation of the privatisation of higher education in India. ‘Social Scientist’ 33(9-10): September-October 2005.

Chattopadhyay, Saumen. Exploring alternative sources of financing higher education. ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ 42(42): 2007.

Deresiewicz, William. Faulty towers: the crisis in higher education. ‘The Nation, 23 May 2011.

Deshpande, Satish. Pass, fail, distinction: the examination as a social institution. Third Marjorie Sykes Memorial Lecture. NCERT, Delhi, September 2010.

Economic and Political Weekly. Special issue on reservations in higher education. ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ 41(24): 2006.

Gupta, Narmata and A.K. Sharma. Gender inequality in the work environment at institutes of higher learning in science and technology in India. ‘Work Employment and Society’ 17: 2003.

Hotson, Howard. Don’t look to the ivy league. ‘London Review of Books’ 33(10): 19 May 2011.

IIC Quarterly. Beyond degrees. ‘IIC Quarterly’ 34(3-4): Winter 2007-Spring 2008.

Kapur, Devesh. Addressing the trilemma of higher education. ‘Seminar’ (617): January 2011.

Kapur, Devesh and Megan Crowley. Beyond the ABCs: higher education and developing countries. Centre for Global Development, working paper no. 139, February 2008.

Kapur, Devesh and Pratap B. Mehta. Indian education reforms: from half-baked socialism to half-baked capitalism. CID working paper no. 108.

Khadria, Binod. Uncharted contours of a changing paradigm: skilled migration and brain drain in India. ‘Harvard International Review’ 28(1): August 2006.

Levy, Daniel C. Access through private higher education: global patterns and Indian illustrations. Programme for Research on Private Higher Education (PROPHE), working paper no. 11: April 2008.

Nayyar, Deepak. Globalisation: what does it mean for higher education? ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ 42(50): 2007.

Prakash, Ved. Trends in growth and financing of higher education in India. ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ 42(29): 2007.

Sahni, Rohini and V. Kalyan Shankar. GATS and higher education. ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ 40(47): 2005.

Seminar. The elusive triangle: a symposium on access, equity and excellence in Indian education. ‘Seminar’ (565): September 2006.

Seminar. Unviable universities: a symposium on the crisis in higher education. ‘Seminar’ (494): October 2000.

Singh, Amrik. Undergraduate versus postgraduate education. ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ 41(24): 2006.

Social Scientist. Special issue on higher education. ‘Social Scientist’ (448-451): September-December 2010.

Srivastava, Ravi. National knowledge commission: meeting social goals or neo-liberal reform? ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ 42(10): 2007.

Tilak, Jandhyala B.G. Absence of policy and perspective in higher education. ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ 39(21): 2004.

Tilak, Jandhyala B.G. Student loans and financing of higher education in India. ‘Journal of Educational Planning and Administration’ 21(3): 2007.

Varghese, Mariamma. Large volume assessment of the quality of higher education. ‘University News’ 45(1): 2007.

 

REPORTS

All India Management Association (AIMA). Report of the high level strategic group – India’s new opportunity 2020. New Delhi: All India Management Association, 2003.

Bjarnason, Svava, et al. A new dynamic: private higher education. Geneva: UNESCO, 2009.

Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE). Committee report on autonomy of higher education institutions. Delhi: Government of India, 2005.

Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE). Report on financing of higher and technical education. New Delhi: Government of India, 2005.

Chatterjee, Partha, et al. Social science research in South Asia. New York: Social Science Research Council (SSRC), 2002.

Government of India. A policy framework for reforms in education. A report of the special subject group on policy framework for private investment in education, health and rural development. Prime Minister’s Council on Trade and Industry. New Delhi: 2000.

Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, Indian National Sciences Association, New Delhi and National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad. Restructuring post-school science teaching programmes. April 2009.

International Institute of Education. Student mobility and the internationalisation of higher education: national policies and strategies from six world regions – a project atlas report. New York: 2010.

Madhava Menon, N.R. Towards an appropriate regulatory framework for a sustainable scheme of private higher education in India. Report of the national seminar on privatization and commercialisation of higher education. New Delhi: National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, 2006.

Ministry of Human Resource Development. Report of the review committee of the IITs. Delhi: MHRD, Government of India, 2004.

Ministry of Human Resource Development. Report of the task force for basic scientific research in universities. New Delhi: Government of India, 2005.

Ministry of Human Resource Development. Report of the committee for review of existing institutions deemed to be universities. Delhi: Government of India, 2009.

Ministry of Human Resource Development. Report of the committee to advise on renovation and rejuvenation of higher education (Yashpal committee report). New Delhi: Government of India, 2010.

Ministry of Human Resource Development. Report of the committee to frame guidelines on students’ union elections in colleges/universities. (Lyngdoh committee report).

Planning Commission. Eleventh five year plan (2007-12). Volumes I and II. New Delhi: GOI, 2007.

National Knowledge Commission. Report to the nation 2006-2009. New Delhi: NKC, Government of India, 2009.

University Grants Commission. Report on development of higher education during eleventh five year plan. New Delhi: UGC, 2007.

University Grants Commission. Higher education in India: issues regarding expansion, inclusiveness, quality and finance. New Delhi: UGC, 2008.

World Bank. Higher education in developing countries: peril and promise. Washington DC: The World Bank, 2000.

World Bank. Knowledge societies: new challenges for tertiary education. Washington DC: The World Bank, 2002.

UNESCO and International Social Science Council (ISSC). World social science report: Knowledge Divides. Paris: Unesco, 2010.

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