Financing of university education in Sri Lanka

Higher Education

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-108

  Chandrasiri, Sunil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Alternative funding sources; Financing; Revenue and cost structure; Systems and procedures of resource allocation; Unit costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347128548     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021296210946     Document Type: Article

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