Introduction
Jandhyala B. G. Tilak;
Part I: Democracy, Equality and Universality;
1. Equality and Universality André Béteille;
2. Democracy, Plurality and the Indian University Shiv Visvanathan;
Part II: Equality to Inclusion in Higher Education;
3. Education for Equality: The Case of Scheduled Castes in Higher Education Suma Chitnis;
4. Exclusive Inequalities: Merit, Caste and Discrimination in Indian Higher Education Today Satish Deshpande;
5. On Backwardness and Fair Access to Higher Education: Results from NSS 55th Round Surveys, 1999–2000 K. Sundaram;
6. Who Participates in Higher Education in India? Rethinking the Role of Affirmative Action Rakesh Basantand Gitanjali Sen;
7. Case for Caste-based Quotas in Higher Education Jayati Ghosh;
8. Impact of Reservation on Admissions to Higher Education in India Thomas E. Weisskopf;
Section III: Excellence in Higher Education;
9. ‘Standards’ in Democratised Higher Education: An Analysis of the Indian Experience Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph;
10. Higher Education and Research: Roots of Mediocrity A. M. Shah;
11. Contractual Arrangements in Academia: Implications for Performance Errol D’Souza;
12. Graduate Unemployment in India: G. D. Sharma and M. D. Apte;
Section IV: Case Studies on Higher Education;
13. The University of Mysore: A Case Study in Decentralisation Glynn L. Wood;
14. Private and Social Returns to Higher Education: A Case Study of Delhi Graduates D. P. Chaudhri and Potluri Rao;
15. Parallel Colleges in Kerala: Enrolment, Costs and Employment R. Gopinathan Nair and D. Ajit;
16. Financing of Universities in Gujarat D. T. Lakdawala and K. R. Shah;
17. Social Behaviour of Students: A Women’s College in Mysore City Chitra Sivakumar;
18. IITs Yesterday and Tomorrow Amrik Singh;
Section V: Public Expenditure on Education;
19. Public Subsidies in Education in India Jandhyala B. G. Tilak;
20. Determinants of Expenditure on Education: An Empirical Analysis Using State-level Data Anindita Chakrabarti and Rama Joglekar;
Section VI: State, Markets and Globalisation;
21. Higher Education in ‘Trishanku’: Hanging between State and Market Jandhyala B. G. Tilak;
22. Globalisation, Higher Education and Gender: Changing Subject Choices of Indian Women Students
Karuna Chanana;
23. The Market in Higher Education: Concern for Equity and Quality Saumen Chattopadhyay;
24. Internationalisation of Higher Education: Strategic Implications Samuel Paul;
25. Globalisation: What Does It Mean for Higher Education Deepak Nayyar;
Section VII: Towards Reforming Higher Education;
26. Restructuring Our Universities Amrik Singh;
27. Reform of Higher Education V. M. Dandekar;
28. Higher Education: Critique of the Knowledge Commission M. Anandakrishnan;
Commission versus Commission in Higher Education Thomas Joseph;
Knowledge Commission and Higher Education Jandhyala B. G. Tilak;
29. Universities as Public Institutions André Béteille;
List of Authors