Analysing the Trends in India’s Higher Education and Vocational Courses

Table of Contents
Abbreviations;
List of Illustrations;
List of Tables;
1. Introduction;
1.1 Research Problem;
1.2 Deficiencies of the evidence;
1.3 Objective;
1.4 Target audience;
2. Review of Literature;
2.1 Educational History in brief;
2.1.1 Essence of socio-economic inclusion: CPRHE perspective;
2.1.2 Affirmative action;
2.1.3 Why Public Institutions matter?;
2.1.4 The Skill training dimension;
2.1.5 English as the medium of instruction;
2.1.6 Private sector in Higher education;
2.1.7 Autonomy to Public institutions: Desirable?;
2.1.8 Dilution of Higher educational standards and Unaffordability crisis: Cases of Engineering graduates and MBBS admissions;
2.2 Pending legislations;
2.3 Research Questions;
3. Methodology;
3.1 Data collection procedures;
3.2 Data analysis procedures (for Core questions);
3.3 Data analysis procedure (for Follow-up question);
4. Results/Findings;
5. Perspective from CPRHE;
5.1 Context;
5.2 Implication;
6. Conclusion;
6.1 Certain peculiarities of India’s higher education;
6.1.1 Merit is a function of the income;
6.1.2 Market logic: Equity vs. Efficiency;
6.1.3 Excess expenditure in Higher education;
6.1.4 The indispensable nature of English language;
6.2 Certain crucial Policy Recommendations to influence trends;
6.2.1 Inclusion at College Campuses;
6.2.2 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV);
6.2.3 Improving the Vocational dimension;
6.3 Limitations of the Study;
6.4 Future Research Directions;
References;
Appendix.