Improvements in Higher Education – III
Higher education is offered primarily in two types of Institutions. The first is a University. The second type of institutions that offers higher education is a college or institute affiliated to a University. There is considerable difference between the quality of education in the two types of institutions mentioned here. A university contributes to the creation of new knowledge through research that involves research by faculty, research personnel as well as doctoral and postdoctoral students supervised by faculty. Therefore, the university has sufficient expertise and staff to formulate curriculums and develop new programs. As compared to a college the university also requires extensive infrastructure and funding to carry out its functions. Compared to a university a college affiliated to a university does not develop its own curriculums but rather prepares students along the lines of a curriculum developed by a university. At the most it can give suggestions to a university. The un