Performance-Based Evaluation and Funding Model for Central Universities in India: A Preliminary Assessment

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Title: Performance-Based Evaluation and Funding Model for Central Universities in India: A Preliminary Assessment
Language: English
Authors: Kumar, Vinit (ORCID 0000-0001-8306-2087), Akhter, Yusuf (ORCID 0000-0001-9564-9790), Ji, Gopal (ORCID 0000-0001-7836-3109)
Source: Quality in Higher Education. 2022 28(3):380-397.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 18
Publication Date: 2022
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Funding Formulas, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Grants, College Administration, Educational Improvement, Reputation, Institutional Evaluation, Institutional Characteristics, Accreditation (Institutions), Classification, Futures (of Society), Universities
Geographic Terms: India
DOI: 10.1080/13538322.2021.2017396
ISSN: 1353-8322
1470-1081
Abstract: The newly adopted performance-based evaluation and funding model is one of the recent quality initiatives taken by the University Grants Commission in India, which aims to improve quality in management and administration of federally funded universities in India. The article critically analyses the 2020 released ranking based on this model and raises some critical observations about the methodology and results of the ranking, discussing the key features of the ranking framework. The findings suggest that universities ranked higher in the National Institutional Ranking Framework and National Assessment and Accreditation Council ratings have performed not at par with their ranks in this target-based methodology. Only one university of 40 could find a place in the 'outstanding' category and one university was categorised as 'poor'. The article goes on to discuss the current state and future directions of central universities in India aspiring to join the 'world-class' league.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2023
Accession Number: EJ1369954
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:The newly adopted performance-based evaluation and funding model is one of the recent quality initiatives taken by the University Grants Commission in India, which aims to improve quality in management and administration of federally funded universities in India. The article critically analyses the 2020 released ranking based on this model and raises some critical observations about the methodology and results of the ranking, discussing the key features of the ranking framework. The findings suggest that universities ranked higher in the National Institutional Ranking Framework and National Assessment and Accreditation Council ratings have performed not at par with their ranks in this target-based methodology. Only one university of 40 could find a place in the 'outstanding' category and one university was categorised as 'poor'. The article goes on to discuss the current state and future directions of central universities in India aspiring to join the 'world-class' league.
ISSN:1353-8322
1470-1081
DOI:10.1080/13538322.2021.2017396