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A History of the Indian University SystemIntroduction

A History of the Indian University System: Introduction [This book is not an attempt to provide a comprehensive historical narrative of the Indian university system. The aim here is to identify its specific institutional characteristics and provide an account of how they came into being. Surprising as it may sound, there are very few historical narratives of the Indian university system and even fewer that span both the pre- and post-independence eras.1 So there is undoubtedly a need for a full account of the historical development of the Indian university system, but this book does not fill that particular gap in the wall of knowledge. The primary purpose here is to explain the structure of the system and to identify and explicate the forces that shaped it over time. Higher learning in India has a long history. It is characterised by long periods of stasis and short periods of vigorous change. Several propositions have been forwarded in this book to account for these alternate periods of stasis and change but they should be considered as tentative truths, more like an opening gambit which hopefully will be challenged or extended by future scholars directing their attention to this neglected area of research.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of the Indian University SystemIntroduction

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Palgrave Macmillan UK
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978-1-137-53570-2
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1 –11
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10.1057/978-1-137-53571-9_1
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[This book is not an attempt to provide a comprehensive historical narrative of the Indian university system. The aim here is to identify its specific institutional characteristics and provide an account of how they came into being. Surprising as it may sound, there are very few historical narratives of the Indian university system and even fewer that span both the pre- and post-independence eras.1 So there is undoubtedly a need for a full account of the historical development of the Indian university system, but this book does not fill that particular gap in the wall of knowledge. The primary purpose here is to explain the structure of the system and to identify and explicate the forces that shaped it over time. Higher learning in India has a long history. It is characterised by long periods of stasis and short periods of vigorous change. Several propositions have been forwarded in this book to account for these alternate periods of stasis and change but they should be considered as tentative truths, more like an opening gambit which hopefully will be challenged or extended by future scholars directing their attention to this neglected area of research.]

Published: Mar 8, 2017

Keywords: Academic Freedom; High Education System; Indian Statistical Institute; High Education Policy; Research Active Teaching

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