Rorex, DaleMahidol University. International College. Social Sciences Division.2015-07-212018-04-052015-07-212018-04-0520152010https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/10502The 4th International Malaysia-Thailand Conference on Southeast Asian Studies: Reexamining Interdependent Relations in South East Asia, Malaysia. (2010 March 25-26).This paper analyzes and compares the characteristics that distinguish the expenditure structures of several world-class post-secondary institutions in North America, taking as examples Harvard University, Stanford University,the University of California at Berkeley, Yale University Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),and the University of Chicago. Comparisons between these universities and four prominent post-secondary institutions in Thailand are also made. Finally, suggestions are advanced to improve the expenditure structures of Thai universities endeavoring to become world-class institutions.engMahidol UniversityeExpenditure structuresCurrent expendituresCapital expendituresworld-class universitiesThai universitiesProceeding Book