1. Introduction

   • Philip G. Altbach
   • Suma Chitnis

   Special issue on perspectives on higher education in India Pages: 1 - 1

2. The dilemma of change in Indian higher education

   • Philip G. Altbach

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 20

3. Gearing a colonial system of education to take independent India towards development

   • Suma Chitnis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 41

4. Financing higher education in India: principles, practice, and policy issues

   • Jandhyala B. G. Tilak

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 67

5. Accessing higher education: the dilemma of schooling women, minorities, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in contemporary India

   • Karuna Chanana

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 92

6. The language question in higher education: trends and issues

   • N. Jayaram

   OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 114

7. Examination reform in traditional universities: a few steps forward, many steps back

   • Mathew Zachariah

   OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 146