The Challenges Before Higher Education In The 21st Century

This book deals with the challenges before Higher Education in India under three important sections: Structural, Managerial and Gandhian. Structural challenges are presented in six articles on educational priorities in the 21st century India; global development perspectives, social development through quality education at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels and the need for revamping education at the lower levels, inter-disciplinary study of educational and environmental development issues and the special challenges before professional graduates, especially engineers and doctors.
About Author :
Dr. J.V. Vil'anilam, formerly Vice-Chancellor, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, has served as UGC Professor Emeritus of Communication. Also he was the Professor and Head of the Department of Communication in the University of Kerala (1982-96). He taught at Temple University, University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers University in the U.S.
Contents :
Preface SECTION A: STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES SECTION B: CHALLENGES IN MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF EDUCATION SECTION C: GANDHIAN VIEWS ABOUT EDUCATION AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Index