ABSTRACT
This book presents a showcase of discussions and critical perspectives about Nepalese higher education. Its chapters cover topics such as the impacts of local sociopolitical changes and global forces on public and private education, emerging online and distance education, administrative and intellectual leadership, quality assessment, graduate employability, global mobility of students, and the contributions of global diaspora of Nepalese scholars.
The central questions of the book are: What are some of the local and global academic interactions in Nepalese higher education and what are the current challenges and pathways for advancements and improvements? How can Nepalese higher education absorb twenty-first century values of quality education as external forces, while adapting new developments to local needs? How can scholars interested in Nepalese, South Asian, and international higher education create opportunities for scholarship and professional collaboration around research on higher education in this region of South Asia? What issues and perspectives can research and scholarship about Nepal’s higher education offer to international discourse in higher education?
The book offers information and resources to international educators interested in the dynamics of Nepalese and, by implication, South Asian higher education by introducing key challenges in policy and programs, innovative changes in curricula, effective approaches in technology application, and strategies for future integration of global reforms in education.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Section I|22 pages
Introduction
chapter 1|20 pages
Telling stories, generating perspectives
section Section II|62 pages
Socioeconomic contexts and issues
chapter 4|11 pages
Understanding the policies, priorities, and roles
chapter 6|13 pages
Faculty and student experience of earthquakes in Nepal
section Section III|47 pages
Globalization and global issues
chapter 8|11 pages
Diaspora and capacity-building in higher education in Nepal
section Section IV|51 pages
Important trends and changes
chapter 11|14 pages
Making the shifts to change the system
chapter 12|18 pages
“Decentralized” and “autonomous” higher education in Nepal
chapter 13|17 pages
Open University of Nepal initiative
section Section V|45 pages
Disciplinary and social perspectives
chapter 16|16 pages
Assessing Nepal’s higher education
section Section VI|50 pages
Paths forward
section Section VII|11 pages
Conclusion