Trends in Costs and Financing of Higher Education: Tentative Comparisons between Developed and Developing Countries.

Tilak, Jandhyala B. G.

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Publication Date: 1993

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Trends in Costs and Financing of Higher Education: Tentative Comparisons between Developed and Developing Countries.

Tilak, Jandhyala B. G.

Higher Education Review, v25 n3 p7-35 Sum 1993

A discussion of the economics of higher education in developed and developing countries looks at these issues: increasing costs, spending in comparison with level of development, public subsidization, access, proportion of spending on salaries, higher education as investment, funding sources, cost reduction, and strategies for shifting cost burdens from government. (MSE)

Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Costs, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Change, Educational Finance, Educational Trends, Financial Support, Higher Education, Privatization, Public Policy, Resource Allocation, Trend Analysis

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Numerical/Quantitative Data; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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