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100			_aSharma Kavita A
245			_a60 years of University Grants Commission : _cEstablishment, growth and evolution
260			_aNew Delhi _bUniversity Grants Commission _c2013
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505			_aContents CHAPTER I Establishing the University Grants Commission 3 Higher Education before 1956 3 Curzon’s Role and After 6 Private Initiative 10 The Need for a University Grants Commission 12 The Radhakrishnan Commission 16 The Central Council of University Education 18 The Interim Commission 22 Early Years 24 The UGC Bill in Parliament 27 Discussion in Parliament 30 The UGC Act 39 The UGC Today 42 CHAPTER II The Formative Years (1953-1963) 46 Universities of India 47 Medium of Instruction 48 Expansion of Higher Education 49 Student Indiscipline 52 Improvement in Higher Education 54 xii Three-Year Undergraduate Degree Course 55 General Education 57 Examination Reforms 58 Bridging Disparities in Higher Education 59 College Education 64 Autonomous Status 67 Classification of Teaching Faculty 67 Centres of Advanced Studies 68 Area Studies 69 Libraries 70 Position of Teachers 70 Impact of UGC 73 CHAPTER III The First Wave of Expansion (1963-1973) 77 The University Education Commission 77 Impact of the Recommendations of the Education Commission 84 Student Enrolment and Colleges 87 The Role of Teachers 88 Central Universities 88 Undergraduate Colleges 89 Postgraduate Colleges 89 Governance of Universities 92 Expansion of Higher Education and Maintenance of Standards 96 Examination Reforms 98 xiii Implementation of Examination Reforms 100 Student Welfare Measures 103 Reducing Regional Disparities 104 Centres for Advanced Study and Research 105 Scientific and Technical Education 106 International Collaborations 108 CHAPTER IV The Initiatives for Consolidation (1973-1983) 111 The Fifth Plan 112 The Sen Committee 115 Review Committee on the UGC 119 Development of Higher Education in India: A Policy Frame 122 Review Committee on UGC Programmes 124 Autonomous Colleges 126 Affiliated and Other Colleges 128 Distance Education 131 Adult and Continuing Education 133 Women’s Education 135 Strengthening of Existing Programmes 136 The Reservation Policy 139 Journal/Bulletin of Higher Education 142 The Sixth Five-Year Plan 142 Review of Central Universities 144 Delhi Colleges 149 xiv CHAPTER V The New Policy Initiatives (1983-1993) 151 The Mehrotra Committee 153 Teacher Training 156 Orientation Programmes 157 Academic Staff Colleges 158 National Policy on Education (1986) 158 The Seventh Five-Year Plan Guidelines 159 Autonomous Colleges 161 Decentralization 162 Accreditation 162 Restructuring of Courses 163 Inter-University Centres 166 Media and Educational Technology 167 Science Education 169 Research Scientist Scheme 173 Physical Education and Sports 174 Women’s Studies 177 Role of Teachers and NET 177 Gnanam Committee 178 State Council of Higher Education 184 The Eighth Plan 185 Vice-Chancellors’ Conference of 1991 186 CHAPTER VI Golden Jubilee and Post-Policy Interventions (1993-2003) 189 xv Punnayya Committee 189 Grants to Delhi Colleges 192 Implementation of the Punnayya Committee Report 194 Ninth Five-Year Plan 195 Autonomous Colleges 196 Libraries 196 Universities with Potential for Excellence 197 Training of Educational Administrators 197 Subject Panels and Emerging Areas 198 Courses Pertaining to Indian Tradition 199 Science Education and Inculcation of the Scientific Temper 200 Undergraduate Education 202 Vocational Courses 204 Community Colleges 205 National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) 206 National Eligibility Test (NET) 209 Rastogi Committee 210 Promotional Avenues of University and College Teachers 214 UGC Observers in Career Advancement 215 Professor of Eminence 216 Superannuation and Reemployment 217 UGC Concerns about Academic Discipline 218 Fake Universities 220 Resource Crunch 221 Resource Mobilization 222 Students’ Fees 222 Students’ Welfare 223 Self-Financing Universities 223 xvi Internationalization of Education 225 Diaspora Studies 228 Reorganization in the UGC 229 CHAPTER VII The Second Wave of Expansion (2003-13) 231 The Golden Jubilee: An Overview 231 The Role of UGC 232 Launching New Schemes 233 Golden Jubilee Lectures 234 Major highlights of the lectures 236 Golden Jubilee Seminars 240 Overview of Seminar presentations 242 Public/Private Partnership 242 Governance 243 Access and Equity 244 Policy Planning for Export 245 Economics of Higher Education 247 Reorientation of Higher Education 247 Health Consciousness and Physical Fitness 248 Professional Ethics and Value Education 249 Evaluation and Assessment Systems 250 Quality Assurance in Higher Education 251 Sustaining Quality 251 Assessment and Accreditation 252 Initiatives in the Tenth Five-Year Plan 254 Expansion of Higher Education 260 xvii Eleventh Five-Year Plan : “Education Plan” 261 Issues of Quality 265 Mandatory Accreditation 265 Burden of Affiliation 265 Guidelines for Deemed Universities 265 Meeting Faculty Scarcity 266 Pay Review Committee 266 Enhancing GER 266 Faculty Shortage 267 Enhancing Budgetary Provision 268 Teacher Accountability 268 Faculty Designations 269 UGC’s Other Initiatives 270 Encore 270 Task Force on Faculty Shortage 272 Academic Initiatives 274 Clearing the backlog of scholarships 274 Innovations and Reforms in the National Eligibility Test 274 Experimentation on Animals 274 Singh-Obama Knowledge Initiative and UK-India Research Initiative 274 Basic Scientific Research (BSR) 275 Innovation Universities 275 Joint Appointments 276 Setting up of Electronic Repository of Research Thesis and Synopses 276 e-PG Pathshala 276 Administrative Reforms 277 xviii Guidelines on Students’ Entitlements and Obligations, 2012 278 Restoration of the autonomy of Universities for seeking timely allocation of grants during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan 278 Anti-ragging Measures 279 Facilitating Participation of Socially Disadvantaged Groups in Higher Education 279 Financial Reforms 281 Miscellaneous Reforms 281 Regulatory Reforms 282 Proposed Initiatives for the Twelfth Five-Year Plan 283 CHAPTER VIII The New Initiatives and Discourses 306 Areas of Discourse 306 National Knowledge Commission 307 Sachar Committee 310 Renovation and Rejuvenation of Universities (Yashpal Committee) 312 Recommendations of the Yashpal Committee 316 Restructuring Universities 318 Narayanamurthy Committee 319 Recommendations of the Committee 321 Epilogue 325 Growth and Development 325 Expansion and Autonomy 326 xix Challenges of Higher Education 328 UGC in the Tenth Five-Year Plan 328 UGC in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan 330 Reforms for the UGC 332 UGC in the Twelfth Five-Year Plan 333 Challenges of Globalization and Democracy 335 Internationalization of Higher Education 337 Teaching and Research 340 Empowerment through Productive Employment 341 Upgrading Skills 342 Models for Private Higher Education 346 Conclusion 347 APPENDIX 349 INDEX 353
600			_aEducation - Higher - Standards _aHigher Education & State _aUniversity Grants Commission - India
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