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100			_aSingh, Amrik
245			_aAcademic standards in Indian universities: ravages of affiliation
260			_c2003
300			_ap.3200-208.
362			_a26 Jul
520			_aAny one concerned with academic standards in Indian universities cannot but be deeply concerned at the ravages wrought by the system of affiliation modeled on the University of London with which we started in 1857. In addition to what we inherited, we have made the system even more dysfunctional. There is no limit to the number of colleges which can be affiliated to a university. Nor have any specific rules to earn the status of affiliation been laid down at any stage. Today there are something like a dozen universities which have more than 300 colleges affiliated to them. Some, though not all, of these universities are otherwise good, but what undermines their standing as a university is that they have to carry the unwanted cargo of a large number of affiliated colleges. The discussion in this paper makes two things clear: one, we have been a victim of the affiliating system for far too long; and two, without a decisive intervention by the centre no change can come about. - Reproduced.
650			_aUniversities - India
650			_aAcademic standards - India
650			_aAcademic standards
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a57508
999			_c57508 _d57508