Issues of Social Justice in Higher Education
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https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2022.v07.i02.022Keywords:
Higher education policy, Social justice, Social responsivenessAbstract
In this study we discuss various issues like that of the formulation of principles of impact of higher education policy. Over the past twenty years there is a global set of meeting addresses on learning around the globe, differently done by different nations. Higher education initially had remained constant throughout centuries however the system is currently undergoing a change, evaluative as it is as, this article starts off by including multi-disciplinary programs as its core. Higher education administration and the administrators are required to be socially just, must be concerned about equity and must lead the students be better human beings. The articles emphasises of the requirement of social justice and a leadership structure. The integration of equity, social justice, good conscience and ethics must be reflected in professional practice. The objective of this article is to understand the current numerous perspectives on the developments and trends around higher education around the globe. It is in particular aimed that social justice forms a crucial part of higher education. There are various approaches of higher education institutions around the world to admit students such as the classical merit/elite door and financial interest door. The study has been gathered upon consultation of various relevant documents and literature to understand the problem, the research done is analytical and not empirical. The article argues that it is a perquisite of higher educational institutes to uphold social responsiveness by taking in social justice. Over and above that it is also pertinent to raise consciousness about social justice and social responsiveness of higher educational institute’s stakeholders and by bookkeeping different perspectives contributing to engineer just and fair society. The study further discusses various related issues of social justice in higher education’s and different approaches and themes have been incorporated for a better study and understanding.
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