The development of professional-technical and general higher education requires heavy investment in infrastructure. Experience has shown that rational calculations have not always played a determining role in the allocation of funds between different levels of education and also between different programmes of higher education in this century. A need for a thorough study of finances, costs and productivity of higher education is, therefore, warranted.
In the present book, Dr. K.S. Chalan has attempted to evaluate the finances and productivity of the higher education in Andhra Pradesh with the help of macro as well as micro data of the system. A socio-economic analysis of private costs, and the cost effectiveness of higher education has also been made to throw light on the enrollment policy, scholarship schemes, subsidy to institutions, etc.
