Title: Assessing and ranking the performance of higher education institutions: a non-radial super efficiency DEA approach

Authors: Mushtaq Taleb; Ruzelan Khalid; Mamdooh Attallah; Qaiser Abdul Kareem; Razamin Ramli

Addresses: College of Administration and Economics, University of Anbar, Ramadi, Iraq ' School of Quantitative Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, 06010 UUM Sintok, Malaysia ' College of Administration and Economics, University of Anbar, Ramadi, Iraq ' Department of Scientific Affairs, University of Anbar, Ramadi, Iraq ' Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, 06010 UUM Sintok, Malaysia

Abstract: In this era of global competition, higher education institutions (HEIs) are important institutions for social development and economic sustainability of a country. Thus, the efficiency of HEIs should always be evaluated to maintain their quality and improve their performance through various strategic planning. Such efficiency evaluation can be performed using data envelopment analysis (DEA). One of the prominent models of DEA is a super efficiency slacks-based measure (SE-SBM) model that can simultaneously deal with input and output slacks. However, the model has not much been used to evaluate the efficiency of HEIs. To address this gap, this paper utilises SBM and SE-SBM models to assess the efficiency of 41 research and teaching universities in Taiwan. The results showed that 25 universities achieved the super efficiency status, with the top ranked are the best DMUs consuming their educational inputs to produce their educational outputs.

Keywords: data envelopment analysis; higher education institutions; super efficiency slacks-based measure; Taiwanese universities.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEED.2023.129890

International Journal of Education Economics and Development, 2023 Vol.14 No.2, pp.213 - 230

Received: 20 Dec 2021
Accepted: 24 Dec 2021
Published online: 03 Apr 2023 *