GLOBALISATION AND THE ECONOMICS OF HIGHER EDUCATION: A STUDY OF STUDENT CHOICES IN TAMIL NADU
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i6.2024.4957Keywords:
Quality of Education, Efficiency, Quality, Students, FeesAbstract [English]
Education which was a “Freed Good” then now becomes a commodity which tags with different price at different market condition. Hence there is a possibility to apply all the theories of economics related to a market can be tested with respect to this commodity of education. Hence, major objective of this research focus to examine the measurement and economics of higher education in Tamil Nadu and to study the factors influence to choice higher education institutions among the students in Tamil Nadu. This study makes use of primary and secondary sources. The primary information was collected on the basis of structured questionnaire from the selected college students by the interview method. Data has been collected from 100 students, in these respondents 50 were male and 50 were female students. Data included cost with its constituents-fixed and variable and course fee, family income, higher secondary school expenses, parental educational qualifications and factors influence to choosing the colleges. This study argue that choice of higher education in the view of reputation of course and college, bus service to the students residence, regarding to fees policy, alumni had acquired jobs in their respected fields and possible to apply education loan and quality of education. This study contributes to the available body of knowledge on this topic and could be used by other researchers as a basis for future research.
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