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Costs and efficiency of higher education institutions in England / Thanassoulis, E. in Journal of the operational research society (JORS), Vol. 62 N° 7 (Juillet 2011) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Journal of the operational research society (JORS) > Vol. 62 N° 7 (Juillet 2011) . - pp. 1282–1297 Titre : Costs and efficiency of higher education institutions in England : a DEA analysis Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Thanassoulis, E., Auteur ; Kortelainen, M., Auteur ; Johnes, G., Auteur Année de publication : 2011 Article en page(s) : pp. 1282–1297 Note générale : Recherche opérationnelle Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Higher  education  Data  envelopment  analysis  Performance  measurement  Productivity  Cost  function Index. décimale : 001.424 Résumé : As student numbers in higher education in the UK have expanded during recent years, it has become increasingly important to understand its cost structure. This study applies Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to higher education institutions in England to assess their cost structure, efficiency and productivity. The paper complements an earlier study that used parametric methods to analyse the same panel data. Interestingly, DEA provides estimates of subject-specific unit costs that are in the same ballpark as those provided by the parametric methods. The paper then extends the previous analysis and finds that further student number increases of the order of 20–27% are feasible through exploiting operating and scale efficiency gains and also adjusting student mix. Finally the paper uses a Malmquist index approach to assess productivity change in the UK higher education. The results reveal that for a majority of institutions productivity has actually decreased during the study period. DEWEY : 001.424 ISSN : 0160-5682 En ligne : http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v62/n7/abs/jors201068a.html [article] Costs and efficiency of higher education institutions in England : a DEA analysis [texte imprimé] / Thanassoulis, E., Auteur ; Kortelainen, M., Auteur ; Johnes, G., Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 1282–1297. Recherche opérationnelle Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of the operational research society (JORS) > Vol. 62 N° 7 (Juillet 2011) . - pp. 1282–1297 Mots-clés : Higher  education  Data  envelopment  analysis  Performance  measurement  Productivity  Cost  function Index. décimale : 001.424 Résumé : As student numbers in higher education in the UK have expanded during recent years, it has become increasingly important to understand its cost structure. This study applies Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to higher education institutions in England to assess their cost structure, efficiency and productivity. The paper complements an earlier study that used parametric methods to analyse the same panel data. Interestingly, DEA provides estimates of subject-specific unit costs that are in the same ballpark as those provided by the parametric methods. The paper then extends the previous analysis and finds that further student number increases of the order of 20–27% are feasible through exploiting operating and scale efficiency gains and also adjusting student mix. Finally the paper uses a Malmquist index approach to assess productivity change in the UK higher education. The results reveal that for a majority of institutions productivity has actually decreased during the study period. DEWEY : 001.424 ISSN : 0160-5682 En ligne : http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v62/n7/abs/jors201068a.html