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1 online resource (xv, 276 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction / M.J. Vinod and S.Y. Surendra Kumar -- Part I: Contextualizing Indian Higher Education. 1. State of higher education in India / Prakash Desai -- 2. Equity and higher education policies in India / Chetan Singai -- Part II: Dalits and Higher Education. 3. Social advantage and hermeneutical injustice in the realm of education / Krishnaswamy Dara -- 4. Higher education status among scheduled castes in India / T. Brahmanandam -- 5. Caste discrimination and exclusion in higher education / Areesh Kumar Karamala -- Part III: Minorities and Higher Education. 6. Muslim's inclusion in Indian higher education / K.M. Ziyauddin -- 7. Reaching the unreachable / Maxim Dias and Alphonse Pius Fernandes -- Part IV: Persons with Disabilities and Higher Education. 8. Indian higher education and PwD / S.Y. Surendra Kumar -- 9. Right to higher education of PwD / Sanjay Jain -- 10. Assistive technology in higher education / Udaya Kiran K.T. -- Part V: Women and Higher Education. 11. Locating women in India's higher education / Vagishwari S.P. -- 12. Addressing gender parity in higher education / Priyanka Mathur and Roshni Sharma -- Part VI: Prospects of Indian Higher Education. 13. Marginalized communities and higher education / D. Jeevan Kumar |
| Summary |
"The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has argued that marginality is the state of being considered unwanted, undesirable and insignificant which results in inequity, unfairness, deprivation and enforced lack of access to power and resources. Marginalization is basically a global problem which varies in terms of degree. Marginalization can be both an abstract and a complex concept. It has been used in a variety of ways and in different contexts and disciplines. The present volume attempts to conceptualize the problem of access and marginality in higher education. The experiences of marginalization also matters as it has its sociological and psychological dimensions. It has both its qualitative and quantitative dimensions as lack of access to higher education can be considered as an ultimate form of marginalization. This book argues that, although there is a lot of literature emphasizing and highlighting the role of accessibility in the higher education, there are very few studies dealing with the fundamental question, what difference higher education can make in the lives of marginalized communities. In other words, whether higher education is a value addition in the quality of lives of Dalits, Minorities, Women and PwD"-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
M.J. Vinod is a Professor in the Department of International Studies, Politics and History, Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru and former Dean (Faculty of Arts) and syndicate member in Bangalore University, India. He received his MA, MPhil and PhD degrees from Bangalore University. He was awarded the Fulbright Fellowship, where he taught as a scholar in residence at Morgan State University, Baltimore, from August 2015 to May 2016. He is recipient of Salzburg Fellowship; Ford Foundation Fellowship at the University of Maryland, College Park; Swiss Foreign Ministry Fellow at the Graduate School of International Studies, Geneva; visiting fellow at the Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, D.C. He has been a visiting professor at the Department of Geopolitics, Manipal University; Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and regularly visits the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. His areas of specialization include higher education, Indian foreign policy and political theory. Dr S.Y. Surendra Kumar is an Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, India. He holds MPhil and PhD degrees in South Asian studies from School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi. He is a recipient of Mahbub ul Haq Research Award and Short Duration fellowship. His recent book is titled Ballots, Bullets and Bhikkhus: The Role of Buddhist Sangha in Sri Lankan Politics and Ethnic Conflict. He has contributed more than 20 chapters in various edited books and published more than 30 research articles in leading national and international journals. His areas of interests are public policy studies and South Asian security |
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People with social disabilities -- Education (Higher) -- India
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Minorities in higher education -- India
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Educational mobility -- India
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Marginality, Social -- India
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Education, Higher -- India
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Education, Higher
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Educational mobility
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Marginality, Social
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Minorities in higher education
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People with social disabilities -- Education (Higher)
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India
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Vinod, M. J., editor.
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Surendra Kumar, S. Y., editor.
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| ISBN |
9789391370312 |
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9391370314 |
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9789391370398 |
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939137039X |
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