India

As Global South countries shift from "exporting" students to hosting international universities, a new mode of internationalization emerges. Using India as a case study, we explore the reasons and success factors behind establishing "international centers."

Indian higher education is opening to the world, but there are many aspects of the world’s second largest system that need to be understood by the global community.

The National Education Policy 2020 advocated radical reforms, introducing a Common University Entrance Test in central universities, expected to save students’ time, energy, and costs and tackle the issue of steep cut-offs in colleges and universities.

India’s higher education sector is likely to witness a liberal arts wave in the 2020s. The National Education Policy 2020 emphasizes multidisciplinary education as the path forward.

Despite large investments in university STEM education, little is known about how the skills of STEM undergraduates compare across countries and by institutional selectivity.

This article discusses the current condition of IITs and argues that their number should be reduced.

This article attempts to compare GER and EER and their utility in assessing the progress of higher education in India. This article argues that GER is more likely to remain the most appropriate indicator for measuring access to higher education. 

The New Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) encourages foreign education institutions to establish a presence in India and recommends setting up Indian institutions abroad. 

The massification of Indian higher education is accompanied by a proliferation of private universities. With privatization, there is a need for stronger equity policies to avoid perpetuating the privilege and status of elite and powerful groups.

The gross enrollment ratio (GER) is a universally accepted indicator for the level of participation in higher education. The eligible enrollment ratio (EER) is a more realistic indicator.

The impact of COVID-19 underscores the importance of developing a detailed crisis management plan and ensuring equity while promoting digital education in Indian higher education.

A recent wave of student resistance is spreading across Indian campuses, as universities, with their liberal orientation, and the priorities of the Modi government, with its majoritarian and neoliberal agenda, clash against each other.

The market-led massification of higher education in India is accompanied by widening regional and economic inequalities and persisting social and gender inequalities.