International Dictionary of University Histories

International Dictionary of University Histories
Author: Mary Elizabeth Devine
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 816
Release: 2013-12-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134262175

Modeled on Fitzroy Dearborn's highly successful International Dictionary of Historic Places , the International Dictionary of University Histories provides basic information on 200 institutions--location, description, sources of further information--followed by an extensive 3000 to 5000 word essay on each university's history. Entries on each university conclude with a Further Reading list, and most entries are illustrated. Coverage is world-wide, and entries range from the great medieval institutions (Oxford, Heidelberg, the Sorbonne) to the great historic universities of the United States, to the newer universities of Australia and South Africa, to the lesser-known universities of India, China, and Japan. More than 200 writers, researchers and archival departments of the universities themselves have contributed to the Dictionary . Entries include those universities with the most fascinating histories and those that have played important roles in the development of their own countries and in the furtherance of world scholarship.

University Administration and System in India

University Administration and System in India
Author: R.S. Jaglan
Publisher: I K International Pvt Ltd
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2012-01-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 938114169X

Given that the economic development, accelerated by the expanding base of higher education may lead to the reduction of other kinds of disparities—social, regional, political—its contribution in stabilizing our civil society at this juncture of volatility cannot be underestimated which in turn may help the process of speedy national development further. The book raises all such issues. The insight of ‘university administration and systems in India’ is considered the most common issue for all the stakeholders engaged in higher education especially at post-graduate level and the readers have to wonder for authentic source of literature to understand the same. This predicament of interested readers particularly requires instantaneous efforts on the part of academe. The present book is an endeavour to put a match to the expectations of those readers particularly teachers, students and policymakers who are peripatetic for evocative lone text on the subject matters. The book includes thirty-three chapters. The basic concepts have been elucidated with suitable illustrations for covering the underlying spirit on the subject. All the chapters have been deliberated by the scholars into an uninterrupted sequence and all conceptual details provided in this text are in self-instructional mode. It is expected that the readers would find this book quite valuable and receptive.

Essential Environmental Studies

Essential Environmental Studies
Author: S.P. Misra
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 778
Release: 2008-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

"In the recent years International conferences held world over, on Global Environmental Issues have unanimously resolved for creating mass awareness about environmental problems. As a result, many Governments have introduced this as an essential part of the curriculum at both school and undergraduate level. The curriculum aims to discuss the discipline, its issues and problems and the remedial measures there of. This textbook has thus been designed to provide comprehensive, relevant and up-to-date information in simple and lucid form, enriched with authoritative illustrations and case studies. The book will be immensely useful to all categories undergraduate students, including those with inadequate bioscience background. This will also be beneficial to students appearing for competitive examinations."--BOOK JACKET.