In view of the long-standing issues and concerns that beset the Philippine system of higher education, the study attempts to evaluate the performance of state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the period 2006-2009 using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). In particular, it estimates the...

Financial and economic literacy is essential for understanding forces that are driving social change in India, and globally. It is also an essential contributing factor in determining employability and in designing and delivering public services. India needs to establish widely accessible...

The present paper examines the cultural orientation of foreign students who secured admission in Osmania University (Andhra Pradesh, India) in terms of time orientation and event orientation, dichotomist and holistic thinking, crisis and non-crisis orientation, task and person orientation,...

Are there substantial changes in the relationship between women and engineering in recent times? This is a fascinating question to explore especially since it has been so little studies especially in India. This study attempts to understand women engineers in India, situating them within the...

The UGC has contributed in a number of ways in developing policies and to devise the schemes and to transform them into an action plan for implementation. The UGC also took several new initiatives for reforming higher education, many of the which were of a fundamental nature.

A bill to promote autonomy of higher educational institutions and universities for free pursuit of knowledge and innovation and to provide for comprehensive and integrated growth of higher education and research keeping in view the global standards of educational and research practices and for...

Using appropriate measures of participation, this paper explores if the role of socio-religious background and other factors has changed over a period of time. This dynamics of participation in Higher Education (HE) is analyzed by using three rounds of NSS data for the period 1999-2010. [IIMA]....

The objective of foundation course is to sensitize the learners with the essential knowledge and skills which will lay a sound foundation for his\her pursuit of learning across the subjects throughout the M.B.B.S. Course and later in pursing his/her career in medicine.

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The paper investigates the role of economic factors in the enrolment decision at the higher education level in India. The study concludes that the rate of participation of women is in a disadvantaged position in the post-reform period. Women’s education has started to loose its importance...