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Ess Ess Publications University Education Through Ages by R R Santhi Devi
The present work is a conceptual study and analysis of system ofhigher education and development of universities and universitylike institutions through the ages. It focuses upon the evolutionof the system of higher learning and attempts to trace its rootsand development in Western countries and in India, including of theancient Buddhist Universities like Nalanda, Taxila and Vallabi,which are in the base of foundation of universities and system ofhigher education in India and Western countries. In India we have alarge system of higher education. After the country's independenceour leaders set themselves about the task of reorienting thecountry's educational system to suit the needs and aspirations ofan independent nation, committed to democracy, secularism andsocialism. The present work raises various issues concerning thepresent day higher education, such as needs of and aspirations fromhigher education, its objectives and goals, national policies inthe context, crisis of higher education and attempts to present andanalysis of the relevant issues based on a philosophical approachto the issues.