Profit Can Coexist with Quality ; Most People Worry About Quality Control in Higher Education, and Rightly so, Since There Is Not Much to Education Without Quality.

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Most people worry about quality control in higher education, and rightly so, since there is not much to education without quality. Our policy response to this, however, has been quite misguided. We have set up a system of tight controls, with formidable entry- barriers and a plethora of rules about not just education, but the fees that students must pay and the salaries that professors must get. The casualty of this 'licensing system' has been exactly what these bureaucratic rules were supposed to promote quality.

Till a few decades ago, India stood out among developing countries, and even among many industrialised nations, for its fine higher education and academic excellence. That's no longer the case. Indian universities are now almost extinct from international lists of the world's top educational institutes, whereas newcomers like China and Malaysia have made steady inroads.

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Profit Can Coexist with Quality ; Most People Worry About Quality Control in Higher Education, and Rightly so, Since There Is Not Much to Education Without Quality.

This is unfortunate since India has three advantages. Its reputation in science and technology, despite the recent decline, ...

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