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Efficiency in higher education : strategic resource allocation for institutional optimization

Author

Troilo, Christopher Fox, author.

Title

Efficiency in higher education : strategic resource allocation for institutional optimization / Christopher Fox Troilo.

Format

E-Book

Published

[Bloomington, Indiana] : Indiana University ; Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, 2016.

Description

1 online resource (vii, 111 pages) Thesis Ph. D. Indiana University 2016

URL

Access for [All Campuses] - (Available on campus and off campus with authorized logon)

Other contributors

Indiana University. School of Education. Indiana University, degree granting institution.

Portion of title

Strategic resource allocation for institutional optimization

Notes

"School of Education, Indiana University." Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-05(E), Section: A. Advisors: Victor M. H. Borden. Includes bibliographical references.

Summary

Many external constituencies such as governments, parents, trustees, and alumni, hold institutions of higher education (IHEs) accountable for the way they expend their resources. This research examines whether optimal levels of production are conceivable for IHEs by considering them through the theoretical lens of the resource-based view of an organization. This lens examines the key outputs of higher education, here operationalized as graduates and knowledge, and identifies the inputs necessary for their production---the allocation and distribution of financial, physical, and human capital. The study employs data envelopment analysis (DEA) to discover the optimal allocation and distribution of those resources necessary to achieve optimal levels of output. This methodology allows for the comparison of similar IHEs, here demarcated as public, four-year universities with high or very high research agendas, to help understand why some institutions outperform others from a production standpoint and inform academic administrators as to how they might strategically allocate their resources to optimize graduate and knowledge output.

Subject headings

Education, Higher--Finance. Education, Higher--Evaluation. Education, Higher--Administration. Education, Higher--Planning. College costs.

Genre heading

Academic theses.

Host item

Dissertation Abstracts International 78-05A(E).

ISBN

9781369332902 1369332904