tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post4715477122975896180..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: Autonomous CollegesAbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-3469304737112893622009-11-25T19:47:30.142+05:302009-11-25T19:47:30.142+05:30Reg. cmts above : The fact that you can be account...Reg. cmts above : The fact that you can be accountable individually (without external umpires) to a certain standard should be a parameter in granting autonomy to colleges. After all isn't that feature distinguishes IIXs from the rest. And why presume that all are guilty without being convicted. Maybe the freedom to try wil throw up a really good college much better than most universities. And if not it will end up just as the rest. Selective experimentation and risk is not a bad idea.<br />I agree with the article posted by Chitta that standardization/centralization reduces the chances to develop and innovate in curriculum content and method of instructions. Some august central body is good for enforcing minimum stds. but not for pushing the boundaries.Yetinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-8483400700278116052009-11-25T11:34:13.281+05:302009-11-25T11:34:13.281+05:30I like the semi-autonomy proposed by Pankaj Jalote...I like the semi-autonomy proposed by Pankaj Jalote in his article at http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5070183.cmsChittahttp://www.public.asu.edu/~cbaralnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-89022975032559078302009-11-25T10:59:29.324+05:302009-11-25T10:59:29.324+05:30When I was a student in St Stephen's College i...When I was a student in St Stephen's College in Delhi, the autonomy debate was beginning to take off (I think colleges like Loyola had already been granted autonomy) and sections of the Stephen's faculty and management, I believe, wanted to push for autonomy too. But others didn't. They believed that staying with the university kept them honest. They were right, in my opinion, and apparently won the argument: St Stephen's did not try to become autonomous (nor did any other college in Delhi, I think). Now, it is true that Delhi University is one of the better universities in the country, and has, on the whole, a good syllabus and a functional examination system in most disciplines. But I think if important colleges like Loyola and MCC were dissatisfied with their university, they should have used their influence to change things at the university level -- not push for autonomy. Autonomy without accountability is not a great idea.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-51442445262482911852009-11-25T09:44:23.294+05:302009-11-25T09:44:23.294+05:30Please see this and related speeches for "Un...Please see this and related speeches for "University according to Satyabhama"<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq02OOzo1YE&feature=related<br /><br />Also students' posts re. their college.Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03186014514110985045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-79283794814115576442009-11-25T09:30:30.551+05:302009-11-25T09:30:30.551+05:30"A semester system works well when......"..."A semester system works well when......"<br />The problem with this as well as other decentralised system is the quality of faculty. Given a choice, I would frame a syllabus easy for me to teach, requiring no work on my part. I would also evaluate students by my own prejudices.."I don't like the way she dresses!I will see to it she doesn't pass" or "she roams around with her boyfriend- cut her marks".<br />Believe me, this has happened quite often in our colleges during the practical exams in which the college lecturer has a say in the marking, though an external examiner comes for evaluation (this clout is supposed to be used to weed out those students who never do regular lab work, but by some means or the other--like bribing lab asst-- end up with good results in their lab exam).Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03186014514110985045noreply@blogger.com