Privitisation of Higher Education in India

In the documentary, “Declining by Degrees: Higher Education at Risk,” explains how going to college is part of the American dream and is a rite of passage. Nowadays, college education is a necessity to survive and reach to middle class. Unfortunately, in this documentary it is mention how teachers concern more on conducting research to increase their pay rather providing quality teaching for the students, which is clearly unfair. The main issue that higher education consist of is the cost of it. In the first article, it stresses how college tuition’s prices have soared sky-rocket over time and makes it very difficult for people to afford this privilege. In the second article, it is about how which college one attends to makes a difference in

Higher education has a vast history; beginning in the early colonial period and spanning ten generations. With its wide range of history, aspects of higher education have changed as the ideals and reforms of society adjusted. Albeit, the missions and purposes of college have remained the same. In this paper, I will clarify the three main missions and purposes of higher education. Then, I will shift the focus of the paper to the area I would like to pursue in higher education and how it reflects those purposes.

Today, land-grant universities have moved from their original mission as a result of some issues, which include budget-related financial issues and the small number of agriculture student enrollment. The financial issue drove some land-grant universities to increase the tuitions and fees on their students, and it shifted the institution from their historical mission to provide higher education for all citizen from all classes. The second issue is the small number of agriculture students’ enrollment each year. This issue threated the survival of the agriculture colleges in the land-grant universities. Overall, land grant universities have shifted from their mission that was provided by our

In “Colleges Prepare People for Life”, Freeman Hrabowski writes about the benefits of going to college and the things that are, and should be, available for potential college students. Hrabowski says that more opportunities come to those with a college degree, rather than those with a high school diploma (690). His argument is effective because of his strong ethos, while it is ineffective because of his weaker logos and pathos. Hrabowski has been the president of the University of Maryland for the past 23 years.

Filmmaker and documentarian Andrew Rossi has restated the hot-button issue nowadays through his movie, Ivory Tower. After watching his documentary, I have learnt about the realistic possibilities of becoming debtors of students after colleges. Consequently, a large range of students has stood up to demonstrate this idea. He offered the remarkable experience of Cooper Union as a case in point. The fact that the tuition fee of post-secondary institutions within 30 years rises rapidly up to 1120% startles everybody. This exploding statistic, however, is led by the intension between colleges to expand its facilities and programs. Also, the movie informs its audience

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” (qtd. in Quotes About Education” n.p.) “ Times have changed, higher education such as college is what most people need in order to have a successful career. Those who acquire higher education after high school tend to have a more successful career than those who do not acquire a higher education.

The critical challenge within in today’s society is that college tuition should be free or if not free, more affordable for all students. Certainly, higher education should not be considered a luxury where only the wealthy could afford, but an opportunity for all caste systems. It must be an accessible and affordable opportunity for all students in order for them to invest in their education. Higher education is important because it provides more careers to choose from than the careers offered without having a college degree. Ultimately, the issue here is whether it is right to make college tuition more affordable for the students.

Is individual, spiritual, and academic growth the main purpose of receiving a higher education? Or has college become all about prestige, competition, and social hierarchy? Is the high cost of a higher education really worth the money? Initially education was believed to be an opportunity to prepare and develop individuals to reach their fullest potential and help, contribute, and promote equality and social advancement to a society. However, over the past decades, this idealistic view of a higher education has been distorted due to several factors, issues, trends, and conflicts that have impacted the cost, purpose, and definition of what education really provides students.

Although some students do not have the funds to retain a higher education, accomplishing this will be facile. Students suffer trying to get their education when payment becomes their priority. Therefore, students should attend state colleges for free. This is necessary because students do not need to struggle trying to decipher how they’re going to pay for college. In addition, If students do not retain a college education, they will be forced to work in a high school´s diploma´s career. Furthermore, If students go

The Government work with the college to provide them with a budget of money which can go towards improving the process of the college for example with the money the government give the college they can use it to improve the image of the college by adding more buildings to expand the college to give students a wider choice around the college. Also the government provide the college with essential equipment to help enhance the learning of the students as individuals, such as stationary etc. also as well as the government providing the college with essentials like stationary for the students they also provide exam boards etc. without the governments input on the college they would suffer a lot as there would not be enough money alone for the college to survive and help the students to succeed in what they want to do for their future career. As without money the college cannot provide the service for the students at a high standard as they

Personal growth, expanded understanding of the world and social movement are the most consistent outputs of a college education. The power of an education and its ability to change both the way an individual lives and thinks cannot be understated. The educational system and its ability to affect the positive growth of our nation allows the government to fully harness the powers of its people. Humanity has long depended on the expansion of human knowledge and technology to further human progress. America as the most powerful and wealthy nation in the world must take measures to expand their university system to further meet the increasing demand for educated workers in a globalized economy. The current free market system has pushed the need for a solution for universities to furnish domestic companies with skilled workers. We can solve the student debt crisis by adapting to a more universal stance on education, in doing so we will greatly improve the quality of life for our population. In this essay I will discuss why education should be made available to all, the value of an education and some problems and solutions to solve the current struggles of our educational system to better meet the needs of our citizens.

Higher education attainment is one important parameter of national competitiveness in today’s increasing global world. Compare to 1990, today, the rank of U.S. in the world in four-year degree attainment dropped from the 1st to the 12th. Therefore, President Obama set a new goal for the United States to be first in the world again in college attainment by 2020, in order to remain global competitive, and fulfill the needs of the growing new jobs which requires more education of the new economy (The White House, n.d.).

The tuition increases have come in response to the lack of federal funding to universities, leading them to find their own way to provide for their upkeep. “Recent increases in university tuition fees are part of a new entrepreneurial trend in higher education in which institutions are expected to generate more of their own revenue” (Quirke). The universities have decided that since they can no longer look towards federal funds to fuel their costs of maintenance and revenue, they must find a new route towards attaining much needed funds, and they have chosen to

Hence, there is a need to study this phenomenon of privatisation especially the reason of this privatisation. By privatising the higher education, it would lead to the access of higher education to a certain section of the society because of high tuition fees. And that should not happen. Largely it is a national concern as higher education is very much necessary and plays an important role in skill building. There has been study regarding the commercialisation. But there have been very less studies concerning why privatisation and commercialisation happening. Specifically this is true when it comes to understand it from the point of view from the people. This research is an attempt to bring this gap in the academic

Engineering Educational Institutes in India are increasing at a rapid rate to meet the growing demand for engineering graduates across the globe. Enrolment in engineering education has also seen a rapid increase in the last decade. According to AICTE report on growth of students intake in Engineering colleges in the last seven years has increased to three times. Whether all these graduates have acquired necessary knowledge and skills to be employable in the real world is a matter of consideration of all stake holders. The need for addressing the issue of quality in higher education is strongly felt when the students are seen struggling in the global workforce market. According to a latest NASSCOM report the the four major challenges which exist today include employability, infrastructure, favourable policies and competition from other low cost countries. 26% of employable engineers in technology services continues to be a major bottleneck. “There is a strong correlation between a country’s competitiveness and the quality of higher education provided within that country”, say Borahan and Ziarati (2002). Hence measuring and improving the quality of higher education becomes an essential role of higher educational institutions. In the industrial context the customer is the ultimate judge of quality, and the same applies in the academic context, where students are considered as the customers who are the recipient of service( acquiring knowledge /information),