Utilizing principal-agent theory and data envelopment analysis to examine efficiency of resource utilization in undergraduate education for public and private non-profit four-year research universities.
2012-08
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Utilizing principal-agent theory and data envelopment analysis to examine efficiency of resource utilization in undergraduate education for public and private non-profit four-year research universities.
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Utilizing a principal-agent model as a heuristic framework and data envelopment
analysis as an analytical framework, this study examined relative efficiencies and
resource utilization of U.S. Carnegie 15 (very high research activity) and 16 (high
research activity) public and private non-profit four-year research universities in the year
2007/08 measured against baccalaureate degree production and graduation rate
efficiency. The empirical findings reveal that, on average, overall technical inefficiency
for all sets of research universities is primarily attributed to managerial decisions rather
than failure to operate at most productive scale size.
The results for public Carnegie 15 research universities (PCRU-15s), on average,
show that resource utilization is better when measured against baccalaureate degree
production than against graduation rate efficiency as indicated by LPTIE scores for all
PCRU-15s corresponding with baccalaureate degree production (LPTIE % = 14.22) and
graduation rate efficiency (LPTIE % = 22.65). The results for public Carnegie 16
research universities (PCRU-16s), on average, show that resource utilization is better
when measured against graduation rate efficiency than against baccalaureate degree
production as indicated by LPTIE scores for PCRU-16s corresponding with baccalaureate
degree production (LPTIE % = 44.54) and graduation rate efficiency (LPTIE % = 40.58).
Comparing the magnitude of LPTIE scores for private non-profit Carnegie 15
research universities (PNCRU-15s) corresponding with baccalaureate degree production
(LPTIE %= 8.65) and graduation rate efficiency (LPTIE %= 10.69), results indicate that managerial decisions for PNCRU-15s, on average, are such that resource utilization is better when measured against baccalaureate degree production than against graduation
rate efficiency. Consistent with private non-profit Carnegie 15 research universities, the
magnitude of LPTIE scores for private non-profit Carnegie 16 research universities
(PNCRU-16s) corresponding with baccalaureate degree production (LPTIE %= 8.53) and
graduation rate efficiency (LPTIE %= 13.53), results indicate that managerial decisions
for PNCRU-16s, on average, are such that resource utilization is better when measured
against baccalaureate degree production than against graduation rate efficiency.
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University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. August 2012. Major: Educational Policy and Administration. Advisor: Dr. Darwin D. Hendel. 1 computer file (PDF); xi, 192 pages, appendices A-F.
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Blalark, Frank J.. (2012). Utilizing principal-agent theory and data envelopment analysis to examine efficiency of resource utilization in undergraduate education for public and private non-profit four-year research universities.. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/136257.
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