In India, Desperate for Professors

Even as India proceeds with plans to open dozens of new higher-education institutions, a new government report says that about 50 percent of positions at federaland state-financed universities are vacant, according to The Statesman newspaper. Earlier unofficial estimates put the vacancy rate at around 35 percent.

The report, which was issued by the country's university regulator, warns that the faculty shortage may prevent the government from meeting its goal of setting up 80 new

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