ERIC Number: EJ1150649
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 15
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The Efficiency Change of Italian Public Universities in the New Millennium: A Non-Parametric Analysis
Tertiary Education and Management, v23 n3 p222-236 2017
The paper assesses the evolution of efficiency of Italian public universities for the period 2000-2010. It aims at investigating whether their levels of efficiency showed signs of convergence, and if the well-known disparity between northern and southern regions decreased. For this purpose, we use a refinement of data envelopment analysis, namely window analysis, which allows for measuring efficiency in cross-sectional and time-varying data. We find that the efficiency of most universities registered only marginal changes in the period, although a notable re-ranking occurred. However, changes in the management of universities, consequential to the reform processes, did not affect the long-run tendencies, such as the persisting difference in performance between north and south.
Descriptors: Efficiency, Educational Change, Reputation, College Administration, Foreign Countries, State Universities, Case Studies, Institutional Evaluation, Geographic Regions, Nonparametric Statistics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Italy
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