This book gives a holistic view of Indian higher education in the pre and post globalized era and analyses its growth in the post globalized era. It discusses how the globalization has a significant effect on the changing pattern of education, and increasing enrolment in professional and technical education. Since as services sector got prominent place in the Indian economy, the effect of globalization on educational trade and its impact on financing of higher education has been analysed in great detail which may have some policy implications. The book may be useful for students of education and economics, research scholars, policy makers and stake holders in higher education in India.
Dr. Tamanna Khan, M.A. Gold Medallist and Ph. D in Economics from Aligarh Muslim University, is currently working as a Research Fellow in the Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi. Her areas of research interest are Economic Development and Economics of Education particularly higher education. She has to her credit six research papers, including four on higher education, published in national and international journals of repute.
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1. Introduction
Higher Education: Context and Significance; Globalization: Conceptual Framework; Globalization Vs. Internationalization; Globalization and Higher Education; Statement of the Problem; The Study
2. Review of Literature
Definition of Higher Education; Importance of Higher Education; Growth of Higher Education; Globalization and Higher Education; Privatisation of Higher Education; International Student Mobility; Expenditure on Higher Education; Problems of the Indian Higher Education System; Reforms in Indian Higher Education System
3. Growth of Higher Education in India: An Overview
Growth of Higher Education in India; Structure and Types of Institutions in Higher Education; Statistical Growth of Higher Education in India; Role of Private Sector in Higher Education in India
4. GATS and Trade in Higher Education Services
Trade in Services; The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS); The Principal Elements and Rules of GATS; Educational Services; Educational Categories and Modes of Trade; Trade Barriers in Educational Services; GATS Commitment for Trade in Education Services; India and Higher Education Under GATS
5. Globalization and Trade in Higher Education Services in
India: Consumption Abroad
Trade in Higher Education Services in India; Mode-Wise Trade in Higher Education Services; Mode 1: Cross-Border Supply; Mode 2: Consumption Abroad; Mode 3: Commercial Presence; Mode 4: Presence of Natural Persons
6. Financing Higher Education in India in the Era of
Globalization
Trends in Public Financing of Education in Developed and Developing Countries; Components of Expenditure in India; Public Expenditure on Education in India; Sources of Funds for Higher Education in India; Government Expenditure on Higher Education as a Share of GDP in India; Trends in Plan and Non-Plan Expenditure on Higher Education in India; Trend Analysis of Intra-Sectoral Allocation of Resources in Education Sector in Five Year Plans in India; Trends of Public Expenditure on Higher Education in India; Role of Centre and State in Financing Higher Education in India; Public Expenditure on Higher Education Among Selected States in India; Per Student Public Expenditure on Higher Education in India; Factors for the Deceleration in the Growth of Public Expenditure on Higher Education in India; Globalization and Its Impact on Expenditure on Higher Education in India; Data Sources and Methodology; Empirical Results and Discussion
7. Conclusion and Suggestions
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