Abstracts The strength of feminist studies lies in its challenge to androcentric frameworks and generalizations in scholarship. Women-centered inquiry remains critical to analytical vision evolved by feminist studies. For many people (and many departments), Women's Studies is already a euphemism for Feminist Studies; a Dept. of Feminist Studies could/would study the whole world from the vantage point you get from assuming that the existing society is an oppressive patriarchy, and that this oppression causes social pathologies of far-reaching consequences. Three Valid Reasons establishment of women’s University are: 1. Women and girls from families that want them to get higher education but won’t send their daughters/daughters-in-law to co-ed colleges and universities. Culture of sex segregation in South Asia makes establishment of women’s university extremely important for thousands of women to enter the university system. 2. Women feel that in women’s universities, they will not be constrained and will get more opportunities for leadership, decision-making and self-expression in the absence of competitive male gaze. 3. Rise in male aggression/ violence due to super-imposition of consumerist culture that promotes craving for ‘instant gratification’ on patriarchal mind-set that sees woman/girl as subordinate and consumable item for men. Even girls who have had schooling in coeducational institutions opt for women’s university when it comes to higher education. Sexism, male aggression, ragging, birth-day bumps, bullying, campus violence create aversion among girls and women to co-ed higher educational institutions.

1. CHANGING
DYNAMICS OF
HIGHER EDUCATION
Kartick Das
KartickDasChangingDynamicsofHigherEducation
Higher education in India is passing through a phase of unprecedented expansion, marked by
an explosion in the volume of students, a substantial expansion in the number of institutions
and a quantum jump in the level of public funding. The enormity of the challenge of providing
equal opportunities for quality higher education to ever-growing number of students is also a
historic opportunity for correcting sectoral and social imbalances, reinvigorating institutions,
crossing international benchmarks of excellence and extending the frontiers of knowledge.
The 12th FYP shall focus on utilizing this historic opportunity of expansion for deepening
excellence and achieving equal access to quality higher education. 11th FYPAchievements:
India has made enormous strides in achieving these goals in more than six decades since
independence, and the success milestones of its higher education system are recognized
globally. Yet, considerable challenges remain. In this direction, the 12th FYP document
provides the details of the present trends, prevailing issues and challenges, projected goals
and the planned strategies for the 12th FYP with schemes and programmes under the three
major heads of Access, Equity and Quality with interlaced components of relevance, value-
education and creativity.
This volume is the outcome of the research findings of academicians and researchers of
different disciplines. The 13 research papers included in this work throw light on various
dimensions of higher education in India. It tries to explore the present condition and analysis
of past development experiences in the higher education sector and will propose new
initiatives to address the needs of the higher education sector. Further the book will looks in
detail at the issues of access, equity and excellence in the Indian higher education system.
THE EDITOR
Born in 1973 at Lumding (Nagoan District) inAssam, Dr. Kartick Das
obtained his Bachelor Degree from Guwahati University, Assam;
Masters Degree from Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh;
Master of Philosophy and Doctorate of Philosophy from University of
North Bengal, West Bengal. He worked as a lecturer in Political
Science in Cinemora College, Jorhat, Assam for one year, as
Assistant Professor in St. Joseph's college, Darjeeling for two years,
as Assistant Professor in Political Science, Mathabhanga College,
Coochbehar, West Bengal for ten years. Currently, he is an Assistant
Professor in Political Science Samuktala Sidhu Kanhu College,
Samuktala, Alipurduar District, West Bengal. He has completed one
UGC sponsored research project and presently pursuing another
major project under financial assistance of UGC in the area of tribal studies. He has published
five books and number articles in different reputed national and international journals in the
areas of Indian economy reforms and inclusive development. He has participated in various
national and international seminars and workshops and his areas of research interest include
tribal studies, inclusive development, mutual funds and finance.
CHANGING DYNAMICS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
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