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Have you ever seen colleges like IITs, NITs, IIMs
involving into intensive marketing and branding
campaigns? Wonder what can be the factors to
identify good brands and to identify colleges
survivingonmarketing:
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Frequent Ads On Television
TV air time is so expensive, it will reflect on high
semester fee. Students will have to bear the massive
costofbrandingactivityandmarketingexpense.
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DirectCallsFromColleges/Universities
If you receive direct call from any college or
University, you should be alert as reputed
colleges do not go door to door. Reputed
colleges have their own importance in the
market.
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Teachers As Admission Agents
Nowitisbecomingverycommontouseteacherasa
admission agent. During summer break, they use
teachers as their admission agents. Careful
observationwillrevealthatmostofthecollegeshave
given stiff targets to teachers to induct students.
Onecanimaginethequalityofteacherswhoinvolve
inmarketingcampaigns,outstationtours,givingand
takingcommissionsforadmission.Thisisanothertrait
ofcollegesthatruneducationasabusiness.
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More Than One Campus
It has been observed during past5-10 years that
many education groups are rapidly creating
infrastructure in various cities. They thrive on
either subsidized/ cheap land in far flung areas.
Colleges are investing on real estate rather than
onfacultydevelopment.
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Colleges-turned-into
This is another category of colleges who become
independent by becoming University. Have you
ever wondered that most of the students in
private Universities pass with high scores? If
there is no strict control of a strong governing
body on day to day operations, colleges/
Universities are bound become independent to
the extent of getting corrupt. Students who
could not score even 5% marks in national level
tests graduates with laurels from private
Universities.
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There are few vital points where Government
should immediately focus:
GivingapprovaltonewUniversities
National level exit test of Engineers and
Doctorsbeforegivingthemdegrees
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