Beyond Inclusion: The Practice of Equal Access in Indian Higher Education (Record no. 84731)

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International Standard Book Number 9780415832076
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Classification number 378.00954
Cutter DES
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Personal name Deshpande, Satish, ed.
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Title Beyond Inclusion: The Practice of Equal Access in Indian Higher Education
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Place of publication, distribution, etc London
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Routledge
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2013
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Number of Pages xii; 340p.
Dimensions 9x5.5, hb
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Summary, etc In India, two critical aspects of public policy ― social justice and higher education ― have witnessed unprecedented expansion in recent years. While several programmes have been designed by the State to equalise access to higher education and implement formal inclusion, discrimination based on caste, tribe, gender, and rural location continues to exist. Focusing on the concrete experiences of these programmes, this book explores the difficulties and dilemmas that follow formal inclusion, and seeks to redress the disproportionate emphasis on principles rather than practice in the quest for equal access to higher education in India.

Offering new perspectives on the debates on social mobility and merit, this volume examines a broad spectrum of educational courses, ranging from engineering, medicine and sciences to social work, humanities and the social sciences that cover all levels of higher education from undergraduate degrees to post-doctoral research. It points to various sources of social exclusion by studying a cross-section of national, elite, subaltern, and sub-regional institutions across the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. Closely involved with the implementation and evaluation of affirmative action programmes, the contributors to the volume highlight the paradoxical ‘sectionalisation’ of reserved candidates, the daunting challenge of combating discrimination.

Understanding the need to look beyond formal inclusion to enable substantive change, this important volume will be essential reading for scholars and teachers of sociology, education, social work, economics, public administration, and political science, besides being of great interest to policymakers and organisations concerned with education and discrimination.
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Language note English
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Personal name Zacharias, Usha, ed.
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