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Malaysiana 50(11)(2021): 3421-3438
http://doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2021-5011-25
Efficiency of Higher Education in the
Presence of Shared Inputs using Data Envelopment Analysis
(Kecekapan Pendidikan Tinggi dengan Perkongsian
Input menggunakan Analisis Penyampulan Data)
MICHAEL GIDEY GEBRU1,2*,
SAQLAIN RAZA1 & MANSOOR SHAUKAT KHAN1
1Department of Mathematics,
COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan
2Department of Mathematics,
Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia
Received:
26 November 2020/Accepted: 13 March 2021
ABSTRACT
This study measures the efficiency of higher
education institutions with respect to teaching activity, research activity,
and overall activities and also provides a direction for low-performing
institutions to improve their performance. In many instances, the efficiency of the institution is a sum up of the
efficiency of its activities. However, when the activities consume some
resources in common, it
requires the allocation of shared resources among the activities. Since sums up
the efficiency of each activity does not give the institution's overall
efficiency, we use
a joint data envelopment analysis that takes into account the institution's internal operations to measure the teaching efficiency, research efficiency, and overall efficiency
of the institutions. The empirical results indicate that the institutions that execute
both activities simultaneously become more productive rather than
adopt a single activity. Hence, this study suggests a useful and measurable action to
improve the institution’s performance.
Keywords: Data envelopment
analysis; efficiency; higher educations; shared inputs
ABSTRAK
Kajian
ini mengukur kecekapan institusi pengajian tinggi dengan melihat kepada
aktiviti pengajaran, aktiviti penyelidikan dan keseluruhan aktiviti serta
memberikan panduan kepada institusi berprestasi rendah untuk meningkatkan
prestasi mereka. Dalam banyak keadaan, kecekapan institusi diukur dengan jumlah
kecekapan aktivitinya. Walau bagaimanapun, apabila aktiviti ini menggunakan
beberapa sumber yang sama, ia memerlukan peruntukan pengagihan sumber antara
aktiviti tersebut. Oleh kerana jumlah kecekapan setiap aktiviti tidak
memberikan kecekapan keseluruhan institusi, kami menggunakan analisis
penyampulan data yang mempertimbangkan operasi dalaman institusi untuk mengukur
kecekapan pengajaran, kecekapan penyelidikan serta kecekapan keseluruhan
institusi. Hasil empirik menunjukkan bahawa institusi yang menjalankan kedua-dua
aktiviti tersebut secara serentak menjadi lebih produktif daripada yang
menjalankan satu aktiviti. Maka, kajian ini mencadangkan tindakan yang berguna
dan dapat diukur untuk meningkatkan prestasi institusi.
Kata kunci: Analisis penyampulan data; input
dikongsi; kecekapan; pengajian tinggi
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*Corresponding author; email: gidey.michael7@gmail.com
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