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ERIC Number: EJ517805
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0964-5292
The Achievement of Scale Efficiency in UK Universities: A Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Analysis.
Glass, J. C.; And Others
Education Economics, v3 n3 p249-63 Dec 1995
Investigates the cost efficiency of British universities, based on a flexible multiproduct cost-function model. UK universities are characterized by increasing returns to scale. Returns to scale in research are increasing for the top and middle university groups and constant for the bottom group. Increasing returns hold for undergraduate teaching provision. (15 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Models, Program Effectiveness, Research, Statistical Analysis, Undergraduate Study, Universities
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Returns to Scale; United Kingdom