Contents: Preface Acknowledgements N V Varghese and Jinusha Panigrahi Financing of Higher Education: An Introduction STATE, MARKET AND FINANCING OF HIGHER EDUCATION Saumen Chattopadhyay State-Market Dynamics in Higher Education Financing M M Ansari Towards Augmenting Resources: University–Industry Linkages Sailabala Debi Foreign Aid for Higher Education in India Mona Khare Gender Budgeting in Higher Education RESPONSES TO DECLINING PUBLIC FUNDING Jinusha Panigrahi Institutional Strategies to Overcome Declining Public Funding in Higher Education Subir Maitra Self-Financing Courses in Public Institutions Harvinder Kaur Changing Sources of Funding: A Study of Punjabi University STUDENT FINANCING IN HIGHER EDUCATION M R Narayana Scholarship Schemes for Student Financing Mausumi Das and Tridip Ray Student Mortgage Loans vis-à-vis Income Contingent Loans: Problems and Prospects B Shiva Reddy and K Anji Reddy Public Financing of Private Education: A Case Study of Fee Reimbursement Scheme (FRS) in Andhra Pradesh PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION M Muzammil Growth and Expansion of Private Higher Education Financing of Private Higher Education Institutions in India Sangeeta Angom Index In the last few decades, India has experienced several shifts in the policies pertaining to the financing of higher education. These shifts include a move from public financing to keep pace with the expansion requirements of the sector; the strengthening of market forces in higher education both through privatisation of public institutions and operation of private institutions; and a move from the financing of institutions to the financing of students. The Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education (CPRHE) has initiated major research activities to understand how the recent changes have affected the financing of higher education in India and how the higher education institutions cope with and respond to these changes. India Higher Education Report 2018, the fourth volume in the series, presents this study to provide a comprehensive analysis of financing of higher education in India. This book investigates the changing dynamics and related key issues including state–market dynamics, university–industry linkages, foreign aid, institutional strategies to overcome shortages in funding, issues with self-financing courses, educational loans and fee reimbursement schemes, expansion and financing of private higher education.