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Title: | The Performance Of Australian Universities: Conceptual Issues And Preliminary Results | Contributor(s): | Carrington, Roger William (author); Coelli, Tim (author); Rao, D S Prasada (author) | Publication Date: | 2005 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/3797 | Abstract: | Universities in Australia have undergone profound changes over the past fifteen years, primarily as a result of changes in Federal Government policies and the growth in overseas student enrolments. Debate has ensued regarding the effects of these changes upon the productive efficiency of universities, and upon the quality of their outcomes. However, given the non-priced nature of many university outputs, traditional measures of productivity growth (involving revenue weighted outputs) have been unavailable. In this study we obtain measures of productivity growth by applying data envelopment analysis (DEA) methods to annual data relating to thirty-five universities over the 1996 to 2000 period. Discussion in the paper focuses on the conceptual challenges involved in developing measures of university performance that account for both the quantity and quality of the services provided. The empirical results suggest that the sector is relatively efficient and that productivity growth was superior to most sectors of the economy. However, concerns with data quality and availability are noted, and the need for further empirical work is emphasised. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Economic Papers, 24(2), p. 145-163 | Publisher: | Economic Society of Australia Inc | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1759-3441 0812-0439 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130304 Educational Administration, Management and Leadership | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 930401 Management and Leadership of Schools/Institutions | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.ecosoc.org.au/cc/economic-papers-journal-applied-economics-and-policy |
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