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From Rhetoric towards Reality: Quality Assurance in Indian Higher Education

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  • Stephen S, Nevil

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Democratization of higher education with its significant constituents such as productivity, performance and control, impelled in the 1990s in India with its tripartite pillars- expansion, equity and excellence in fact brought forth a paradigmatic shift from thin elite to mass higher education. In terms of quantity India has obviously made appreciable growth; but it is equally if not more fundamental to assess the quality and not quantity of Indian higher education system as it is a potential tool instrumental in building knowledge-based society in the 21st century. Hence this paper succinctly attempts to deliberate on the issue of “quality” in Indian Higher Education system as countries across geopolitical borders vie one another to excel in an age marked by unprecedented pace of change and development.

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  • Stephen S, Nevil, 2015. "From Rhetoric towards Reality: Quality Assurance in Indian Higher Education," MPRA Paper 72658, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 01 Feb 2015.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:72658
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    Keywords

    Higher education; quality assurance; quantity;
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    JEL classification:

    • I0 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - General
    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions

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