| Summary: | "Higher education is vital to India's future, creating citizens of Indian democracy, building communities and modern cities and conducting research the country needs to continue to advance. Yet, with two thirds of people of India living in rural areas and urban incomes falling below the world average, higher education faces many challenges. This book brings together experts and emerging researchers from India and the UK to discuss those challenges and to explore positive solutions. The team shine the spotlight on financing and funding, governance and regulation, sector organisation and institutional classification, equity and social inclusion, the large and poorly regulated private sector, Union-State relations in higher education, student political activism, and internationalisation"--
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