The efficiency of life and environment sciences faculties and the level of their public funding Cover Image

Efektywność wydziałów nauk przyrodniczych i rolniczych a poziom ich finansowania publicznego
The efficiency of life and environment sciences faculties and the level of their public funding

Author(s): Piotr Pietrzak
Subject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Higher Education , Social development, Management and complex organizations
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: public funding; higher education; efficiency; Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA);

Summary/Abstract: Both in Poland and in other European Union countries, universities are financed by public funds. This is due to the role that societies assign the spread of higher education. Thus, the question of the efficiency of public universities and their faculties in the allocation of scarce resources economy. In the article it has been taken the discussion about the problem of measurement of efficiency of public universities. A review of the relevant domestic and international literature was undertaken. The article presents the results of researches in the DEA efficiency ratio for forty seven faculties representing life sciences. The efficiency indicators were compared with the level of public funding. The discussion of the results was conducted using the Pearson Correlation.

  • Issue Year: 36/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 289-302
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish