With the introduction of Economic Reform, replacement of GATT (General Agreement on Trade and Tariff) by WTO (World Trade Organisation) (1995) and signing of General Agreement on Trade and Services (GATS) by WTO in 1996, Higher Education has become a non - priority area and treated as a non - merit good. So the resource mobilization for the sector has become a problem. In such a context the present study which is a research work of many scholars and social scientists focuses on the sources of funding of Higher Education, the mechanism followed in generating grants, problems faced by the authorities in funding educational institutions. The work also highlights on the essence of self - financing schemes and privatization of education developing curriculum with respect to the resource endowment of the state of Orissa. The effectiveness of the self - financing courses has also been judged from various angles. It is hoped that the study will be of immense help to the planners, policy - makers, researchers, educationists and administrators.

Table of Contents:
1. Financing of Higher Education in India 2. Resource Mobilisation for Higher Education in India 3. Resources for Higher Education, Privatisation and the Question of Equity and Social Justice 4. Financing Higher Education in India 5. Resource Mobilisation in Higher Education in Orissa 6. Globalisation in Higher Education, Resource Crunch and Viable Alternatives 7. Financing die Higher Education in India with Special Reference to Resource Mobilisation 8. Resource Mobilisation in Higher Education 9. Strengthening Resources Base in Higher Education 10. Resource Mobilisation in Higher Education 11. Supporting Higher Education - An Analysis 12. Autonomous Status, Resource Mobilisation and Self - Financing Courses in Higher Education 13. Trends in Policy, Planning and Financing of Higher Education in India 14. Financing Higher Education 15. The Nature and Extent of Education for Scheduled Caste and Under Privileged People in India 16. The Paranoia of Higher Education in India 17. Privatisation of Higher Education : Problems and Prospects in the Changing Scenario 18. Privatisation of Higher Education in LPG Era 19. Higher Education : Problem of Resource Mobilisation 20. Resource Mobilisation for Higher Education 21. Resource Mobilisation for Higher Education during Post - Reform Era 22. Financing of Higher Education in India 23. Resource Mobilisation in Higher Education, Problems and Prospects in the Changing Scenario 24. Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Arunachal Pradesh