TY - GEN TI - The Towers of learning : performance, peril and promise of higher education in Sri Lanka SN - 9789558908358 PY - 2009/// CY - Colombo 03 PB - The World Bank Colombo Office KW - HIGHER EDUCATION - Sri Lanka KW - COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES - Sri Lanka N1 - Executive Summary in English, Sinhalese and Tamil; The Higher education sector in Sri Lanka; Access to, and coverage of, higher education; Enhancing higher education quality; Governance of the higher education system; The economic and social relevance of higher education; Planning and financing higher education - scenarios and trade-offs; Higher education development -accelerating progress ER -