A STUDY ON PERCEPTION OF ACADEMICIANS AND ADMINISTRATORS TOWARDS RANKING AND ACCREDITATION SYSTEMS IN INDIA
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For quality assessment of a Higher Education Institution (HEI), the ranking and accreditation systems have become popular method and being used as an acceptable tool, especially for last 20 years or so. This paper attempts to evaluate the perception about ranking and accreditation systems to better understand whether these systems have created qualitative environment in Indian context. For this purpose, the response of academicians, academic administrators and senior managers of Indian HEIs have been sought through Questionnaire. Their responses have been examined with the help of various statistical tools and analysis of the same has been presented in this paper. This study reveals that the ranking and accreditation systems are having significant impact on the performance outcomes of Indian Higher Education Institutions. The outcome of the study has a relevance to stakeholders be it students, parents, educational administrators, academic fraternity, government, investors in higher education and society at large.
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