Productivity of educational units in Iran's comprehensive public universities

Authors
Rahim Dabbagh 1
Lila Javaherian 2
1 Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Urmia University of Technology
2 Graduated Student of Industrial Engineering, Alghadir Higher Education Institute
Abstract
Because of the shortage of experts in some periods, many universities were established without considering quality. This caused a decline in quality of educational system and a mismatch between numbers of graduates and society's needs. Today, shortages had been overcome and quantity expansion is replaced by needs for quality expansion. This paper attempted   to measure efficiency and productivity of 20 comprehensive public universities in all levels, and determines factors effecting productivity growth such as efficiency change and technological growth. Data envelopment analysis, as an appropriate method to measure efficiency and productivity changes, was used. Results showed that that the efficiency of teaching sector  is better than research sector, whereas productivity change of reaserch sector was positive and teaching sector was negetive. Furthermore,  in an  equal conditions,  most universities were relatively inefficient. Only   Shahid Beheshti  University and University of Tehran were somewhat efficient institutions in both teaching and research. Other universities didn’t have balanced growt . It is necessary  to have  strategic plans and creating a competitive environment in order to increase productivity in Iran's universities.

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  • Receive Date 06 March 2023
  • Publish Date 06 March 2023