India's Universities In Dire Need Of More Faculty

At one of the better colleges in India’s capital, there is just one large room for 140 faculty members to sit and have a cup of tea or grade papers. All this means that India is facing a severe shortage of faculty members. But it is not just low pay and lack of facilities that are being blamed. According to a government report published last year, a massive expansion in higher education combined with a poor supply of Ph.D.’s, delays in recruitment and the lack of incentives to attract and nurture talent has led to a situation in which 40 percent of existing faculty positions remain vacant. Read more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/world/asia/16iht-educlede16.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss