Jandhyala B. G. Tilak

Economics of Engineering Education in India (eBook, PDF)

Growing Challenges of Access, Excellence and Equity

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume focuses on the expansion of engineering education in the private sector in India and discusses the effects and challenges of this expansion on its economic growth and development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000932355
• Artikelnr.: 68491477

Autorenporträt

Jandhyala B. G. Tilak is former Professor and Vice Chancellor, National University of Educational Planning and Administration, India and ICSSR National Fellow. He is an economist of education and is presently Distinguished Professor at the Council for Social Development, New Delhi, and Visiting Professor at Kautilya School of Public Policy, Hyderabad, India. He is also the recipient of the Pranavananda Saraswati award (UGC) for excellence in research in education, Dr Malcolm Adiseshiah award for distinguished contributions to development studies, Inspirational Teacher of the year award and the Devang Mehta award. His recent publication includes Higher Education, Public Good and Markets (2018), Education and Development: Critical Issues in Public Policy and Development (2018), Education and Development (Academic Foundation 2018), Dilemmas in Reforming Higher Education in India (2018) and Trade in Higher Education (2011).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction and Context
2. Engineering Education in India: Challenges of Growth and Inequalities
3. Emergent Challenges of Engineering Education in India: Quality, Finances
and Employment
4. Who Goes to Private Engineering Colleges and Why?
5. Students' Choice of 'Modern' versus 'Traditional' Streams of Engineering
Education
6. Family Expenditure on Engineering Education and Its Determinants
7. Funding of Engineering Education: Scholarships, Other Financial
Assistance and Education Loans
8. Students' Perceptions on Quality of Engineering Education
9. Employability, Employment and Earnings of Engineering Graduates
10. Summary, Conclusions and Policy Challenges