Crisis in World Higher Education

Contents: 1. The Future of Liberal-Arts Colleges. 2. The Public Urban University. 3. Government Colleges in Transition. 4. Research in Universities. 5. Foundations and Higher Education. 6. A Decade of Growth in Student Assistance. 7. The Issue of Equity in College Finance. 8. Impact of Student Financial Aid on Access. 9. Financing Graduate Students. 10. College Enrollment. 11. Central Aid to Higher Education. 12. Cost Control in Higher Education. 13. Strategic Management Approaches. 14. Corporate Financial Aid to Higher Education.

Since the establishment of the Universities of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1857 during the post-Independent period the country is witnessing an educational explosion and proliferation of Universities which number 80 today with 3450 colleges and over 3.5 million students strength. This accounts only 2-3% of the age group of 17 to 21 years in the colleges. In U.S.A. there are 7 million students in the Universities and are hoping to cover 30% of the age group by 1980. In Europe and Japan the Universities cover between 16-18% of the age group. The Labour Government under the leadership of Harold Wilson in U.K. initiated Open University and university in the air to provide greater opportunities to all sections of people and to carry educational methodology in the homes or place of work through a variety of media of communication.