Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EVOLVING TRENDS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH & PRACTICES, New York, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 1 - 03 Ekim 2022, ss.285-294
This study aims to determine the impact of the Social Contribution Policy in Higher Education on the technical efficiency of universities. The study performed efficiency analysis using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method. The analysis was determined as the Decision-Making Unit (DMU) state research universities in Turkey. In this study two ınputs and three outputs for which the year 2021 were provided in the Higher Education Quality Board (HEQB) database as a quality efficiency indicator. The working model was determined as output-oriented and variable returns to scale (Banker, Charnes, and Cooper-BCC). In the study, eight of the state research universities were identified as technically efficient and eleven as technically ineffective. Middle East Technical University, Istanbul Technical University, Gebze Technical University, and Karadeniz Technical University, which are technically efficient universities, produce on a fixed scale. On the other hand are producing on a decreasing scale İzmir Institute of Technology, Erciyes University, Dokuz Eylul University, and Ataturk University. According to the analysis, Istanbul Technical University has been the first university to be the most successful in social contribution policy, twelve times in total. It has been observed that although technically inefficient DMUs in DEA use more inputs than efficient DMUs within the framework of the Social Contribution Policy, they cannot prevent the decrease in efficiency. In order for ineffective universities to be effective, they should reconsider their social contribution policy in line with reference universities by applying the potential improvements calculated in the analysis to their own inputs and outputs. The most important distinguishing aspect of this study is the efficiency measurement of state research universities in Turkey. Another important difference is that it is within the scope of the “Social Contribution Policy” determined within the framework of the HEQB- Institutional Accreditation Program (IAP).