As India expands higher education, questions remain about quality and competition
Posted By Sarah Garland On March 2, 2012 @ 1:34 pm In News | No Comments
[1]A classroom at the Nalanda Open University in Patna on a testing day at the end of a semester. (Photo by Sarah Garland)
Will India’s higher-education system catch up to those of world leaders, and should its economic rivals be concerned? American RadioWorks aired a podcast today that addresses these and other questions about India’s education ambitions. I discussed India’s higher education building boom with host Stephen Smith, and how the country’s open universities fit into plans to expand access as the country faces a booming population of young people.
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