Education

Higher education is a complex package of issues which never seems to leave the limelight. The primary wedged issues are tuition cost, access, accountability, financial aid, government funding, sports and their place within higher education, academic results, societal gains as a whole in terms of international competition, and continuing education. This book examines new directions in this ever-changing, vital and controversial field which has a profound effect on society. It also examines the issues in higher education that are of contemporary and practical concern to leader, administrators, teachers, researchers and students. The most comprehensive reference tool available in the field of higher education. About The Author:- Prof. Ramesh Chandra, was born in a family of freedom fighters on July 1st. 1957 in village Bijwara, District Meerut of Uttar Pradesh. He started his research career at University of Delhi and then went to the New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, as well as at the School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook as a faculty member and then went to Harvard University Medical School-Massachusetts General Hospital joined at MIT, Cambridge, USA. On his return to India he joined the faculty at the University of Delhi, where he is currently a Professor of Chemistry and Director of Dr. BR Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research: in addition to his present assignment as Vice-Chancellor of Bundelkhand University, Jhansi (UP). He was appointed Professor (Research Scientist) by the UGC at the young age of 35 years. He is a creator, performer and builder of institutions of higher learning. He has established Dr. BR Ambedkar Centre of Biomedical Research at University of Delhi, when he was just 33 years old and became its Founder Director. He was appointed as youngest Vice-Chancellor of Bundelkhand University on March 24th, 1999 at the age of 41 years. He has metamorphosed it into a Center of Excellence by creating 36 institutes of higher learning and increasing the capacity of students from 225 to 90000 and raising the number of faculty member from 8 to 270 in such a short span of time. Prof. Ramesh Chandra is a scholar and an eminent scientist. He has done pioneering research work in the field of drug development and his inventions are being used in the development of drugs for Neonatal jaundice and breast tumor. He is recipient of several National and International Awards such as: UGC Career Award, Prof. DP Chakravorty Commemoration Award, The Rockefeller Foundation, USA Biotechnology Career Award, UGC Research Scientist Award, Fullbright Scholarship, Award of the Highest Honor of the Soka University, Japan and Fellowships of: the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, International Academy of Physical Sciences. He is also recipient of National Scholarship of the Govt. of India and many more. He is member of more than three dozen scientific and academic societies as well as founder of several academic and scientific societies and institutions. He has been visiting scientist at various University and research institutions all over the world. Contents:- Preface • Open Learning in Higher Education • Information Technology in Higher Education • Higher Education 21st Century: Vision and Action • Restructuring Teacher’s Work • Transformations in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities • Higher Education in India • Appendix • Bibliography • Index. The Title 'Trends in Higher Education written/authored/edited by Ramesh Chandra', published in the year 2005. The ISBN 9788178352374 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 320 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Education. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-