Technical efficiencies of faculties of economics in Turkey

Abstract

This is the first study of technical efficiencies of higher education institutions and the first study evaluating performance at faculty level in Turkey. The study also compares technical efficiencies of private and public institutions. Estimation shows low overall efficiency with high variations across the faculties of economics. The results also demonstrate that average efficiency of public institutions is higher if the quality of data is not considered. However, when qualities of the outputs are taken into account, average efficiencies of public and private institutions converge.

Keywords:

• higher education
• faculty of economics
• technical efficiency
• data envelopment analysis

Notes

1. The CHE is a 22‐member corporate public body responsible for the planning, coordination, and supervision of higher education within the provisions set forth in the Higher Education Law.

2. See http://www.yok.gov.tr/istatistikler/istatistikler.htm [Accessed 26 August 2005].

3. A two‐year vocational training school is a HEI established for the purpose of providing vocational education to meet the practical needs of various fields.

4. Candidates who wish to be placed in higher education programmes specializing in foreign language and literature take a further examination, the foreign language examination (YDS).

5. Some private universities also pay a small amount of stipend to the scholars.

6. The major shortcoming of Bauwens is its attribution of relatively high values to minor publications (because of the relatively narrow range between the top‐ranked and lower‐ranked journals).