In this study, the productivity changes of industrial and comprehensive universities have been measured using the Malmquist Index based on data envelopment analysis in the period of 2013-2014 and 2014- 2015. The input variables include the number of faculty members, the number of newly enrolled students, the number of staff, and total expenses; the output variables also include the number of cu...

To cope with escalating financial resource limitations from both expanding demands for higher education and experiencing a relatively reduction in public support, higher education units have profoundly adopted a performance-based resource allocation mechanism in recent years. Nevertheless, empirical evaluation findings show that the presumed improvement in performance has not been fulfilled. Us...

Background & Objectives: Efficiency and productivity are considered as the most important performance indicators of an educational organization. This study aimed to estimate the efficiency and productivity of schools in Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was based on panel and time series data. In total, seven schools of Ahvaz Jundi...