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Changing Landscape of Professional Higher Education in India: What Do We Know and What Do Recent Data Tell Us?

In: India’s Economy and Society

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  • Pradeep Kumar Choudhury

    (Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU))

  • Amit Kumar

    (Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU))

Abstract

This paper analyses the rapid expansion of professional higher educationProfessional higher education (PHE) in India in its several dimensions. Using secondary database, it discusses (a) trend and patterns of growthGrowth in professional higher educationProfessional higher education, (b) inequalitiesInequality in access, (c) barriers to participationParticipation, and (d) household financing of professional higher educationProfessional higher education. We find striking regionalRegional inequalityInequality in the growthGrowth of PHE in India in the last decade—close to 40% of professional higher education institutions are located in southern region while it is less than 10% in central, eastern and north-eastern regions. Findings also suggest that students belonging to poor households are not only underrepresented in PHE but also spend considerably less on it than their rich counterparts. The discussion on the status and prospects of professional higher educationProfessional higher education in India in this chapter will be useful to the academia, regulatory bodies and policyPolicy makers.

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  • Pradeep Kumar Choudhury & Amit Kumar, 2021. "Changing Landscape of Professional Higher Education in India: What Do We Know and What Do Recent Data Tell Us?," India Studies in Business and Economics, in: Sunil Mani & Chidambaran G. Iyer (ed.), India’s Economy and Society, chapter 0, pages 287-324, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isbchp:978-981-16-0869-8_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-0869-8_11
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