Efficiency in higher education ? Concepts and problems

Sadlak, Jan

doi:10.1007/bf00129419

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“…The term “efficiency” is defined as the success of maximizing the output from a given set of inputs (or vice versa). The efficiency of educational entities emerged as a topic of early interest, with initial studies recommending relevant input, as well as output variables [10] and later studies discussing limitations, especially in terms of the comparability of universities [11]. While the productivity of conventional universities has been frequently analyzed in the past (see exemplary [12, 13, 14] for evaluations of the German HE Sector and [15] for a cross-country comparison), only two studies have examined the efficiency of universities of applied sciences to date [16, 17].…”

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The graduation shift of German universities of applied sciences

2019

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In research into higher education, the evaluation of completion and dropout rates has generated a steady stream of interest for decades. While most studies only calculate quotes using student and graduate numbers for both phenomena, we propose to additionally consider the budget available to universities. We transfer the idea of the excellence shift indicator [1] from the research to the teaching area, in particular to the completion rate of educational entities. The graduation shift shows the institutions’ ability to produce graduates as measured against their basic academic teaching efficiency. It is an important advantage of the graduation shift that it avoids the well-known heterogeneity problem in efficiency measurements. Our study is based on German universities of applied science. Given their politically determined focus on education, this dataset is well-suited for introducing and evaluating the graduation shift. Using a comprehensive dataset covering the years 2008 to 2013, we show that the graduation shift produces results, which correlate closely with the results of the well-known graduation rate and standard Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Compared to the graduation rate, the graduation shift is preferable because it allows to take the budget of institutions into account. Compared to the DEA, the computation of the graduation shift is easy, the results are robust, and non-economists can understand them results. Thus, we recommend the graduation shift as an alternative method of efficiency measurement in the teaching area.

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The graduation shift of German universities of applied sciences

2019

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“…Despite growing concerns about efficiency in higher education, there is a limited conceptual, methodological, or policy clarity in this area, which is due to several factors. First, applying the concept of efficiency in higher education is generally problematic due to the unique nature of the university mission, linked to its socio-economic goal, types of institutions, method of financing, and the diversity of beneficiaries involved with higher education (Sadlak 1978). Second, both the interest in and understanding of efficiency significantly vary across different higher education systems, institutions and their units.…”

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Efficiency of Universities: Drivers, Enablers and Limitations

Kupriyanova

Estermann

Sabic³

2018

European Higher Education Area: The Impact of Past and Future Policies

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“…Cope and Hannah, 1975;Djukin, 1976;Sadlak, 1978;Denek, 1980;Wilingham, 1985;Pastuovi6, 1986;Cave et al, 1988). Some authors stress the institutionalside of the problem, but a considerable body of literature deals with the individual's process of learning in itself rather than comparing institutional inputs and outputs.…”

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A follow-up study of students in Slovenia: The 1976 generation

Stergar¹,

Lapajne²

1990

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The paper presents the main results of nearly nine years of a follow-up study. All Slovene secondary school students, who in scholastic year 1975/76 were in the last class of at least four-year secondary schools were followed-up during higher education from 1976/77 to 1983/84. Study efficiency is analyzed by gender, family educational background, type of secondary school, delay of the first enrollment, abilities, early scholastic achievement and regional development.

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Efficiency in higher education ? Concepts and problems

Cited by 14 publications

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The graduation shift of German universities of applied sciences

The graduation shift of German universities of applied sciences

Efficiency of Universities: Drivers, Enablers and Limitations

A follow-up study of students in Slovenia: The 1976 generation

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