摘要：The present article compares the neo-liberal response towards higher education needs and realities in the present times and the neo-marxist reaction to this neo-liberal response. In the present study these two positions are compared and an attempt is made to understand the implications of the propsed higher education reforms in the context of Pakistan. This analysis is done in the background of the major articles written by the thinkers belonging to these two rival schools of thought. The article, in the light of the relevant literature tries to arrive at a realistic position regarding the higher education status in Pakistan.
