Productive Efficiency Analysis: A Comparison of Departments across the Faculties of the University of Atacama

 

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Авторы: Barahona-Urbina, Planck, Barahona-Droguett, Manuel
Формат: artículo
Статус:Versión publicada
Дата публикации:2023
Описание:Introduction. Currently, Public Universities are undergoing important educational transformations in a context where the State is demanding criteria of rationality and economic efficiency. Objective. This study aims to determine the technical efficiency for a set of 14 departments in the faculties of Engineering, Technology, and Humanities that comprise the University of Atacama for the 2020 academic year. Methodology. The proposed methodology is an Input-Oriented DEA-CCR Data Envelopment Analysis with constant returns to scale and a BCC model with variable returns to scale. This type of analysis is a contribution of mathematical programming that transforms numerous measured inputs and outputs into a single sum of efficient productivity (Coll Serrano & Blasco Blasco, 2006). The input variables selected include the annual budget, operating expenses, number of enrolled students, number of academics, years of experience, average teaching load, and supervised theses. The output variables are indexed scientific publications and the Annual Operating Plan. Results. The results showed that departments 2 and 3 of the Technological Faculty must reduce their inputs by 77,8% and 85.1%, respectively, to be on the efficient frontier. In the Faculty of Engineering, there was a better performance in terms of the efficient use of resources. Conclusions. It can be concluded that analyzing interdepartmental productive efficiency is important and allows for improving the decision-making of university authorities.
Страна:Portal de Revistas UNA
Институт:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Язык:Español
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OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/15872
Online-ссылка:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/15872
Ключевое слово:Data envelopment analysis
optimization model
university education
University of Atacama
Análisis envolvente de datos
modelo de optimización
educación universitaria
Universidad de Atacama
modelo de otimização
educação universitária
Universidade de Atacama
Análise envoltória de dados