Economic Efficiency of Higher Education Institutions in Vietnam between 2012 and 2016: A DEA Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Tran, Thien-Vu; Pham, Thao Phuong; Nguyen, Mai-Huong; Do, Long-Thanh; Pham, Hiep-Hung
Titel	Economic Efficiency of Higher Education Institutions in Vietnam between 2012 and 2016: A DEA Analysis
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 15 (2023) 1, S.199-212 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Tran, Thien-Vu) ORCID (Pham, Thao Phuong) ORCID (Pham, Hiep-Hung)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2050-7003
DOI	10.1108/JARHE-06-2021-0238
Schlagwörter	Efficiency; Higher Education; Longitudinal Studies; Comparative Analysis; Interdisciplinary Approach; Institutional Characteristics; Scores; Foreign Countries; Financial Audits; Annual Reports; State Universities; Private Colleges; International Education; Institutional Autonomy; Money Management; Vietnam + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Ausland; Annual report; Tätigkeitsbericht; Staatliche Universität; Privathochschule; Internationale Erziehung; Institutionelle Autonomie
Abstract	Purpose: This paper aims to examine the economic efficiency of Vietnamese 172 higher education (HE) institutions within the 2012-2016 inclusive period through the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach. The authors also compare public and private, multidisciplinary and mono-disciplinary, non-autonomy and autonomy, non-international and international HE Institutions' efficiency. Design/methodology/approach: This study derived from an unique dataset from the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) of Vietnam. The data set comprises financial and academic annual reports of higher education institutions (HEIs). The authors achieved totally 204 Vietnamese HEIs, and the sample for analysis is 172 after the elimination of missing units, accounting for 84.3% entire of Vietnamese HEIs. The authors estimate the efficiency scores relying on these selected inputs and outputs by using the DEA method. Findings: Overall, HEIs in Vietnam decreased their operational efficiency during the 2012-2016. It also seems that public universities operate in the absence of market mechanism so that they tend to be less efficient than their counterparts in private sector. Based on our analysis, the authors observe that the HEIs including the international programmes have higher efficiency scores rather than these without international programmes. Originality/value: This study contributes to the theoretical aspects as follows. First, it enriches the existent efficiency literature on HE using the DEA approach. This stands out among similar studies in Vietnam in terms of duration (from 2012-2016) and data size (172 entities). Second, the research is the first to examine HEIs in terms of disciplinary (mono or multi-disciplinary) and autonomy (autonomous and non-autonomous), internalization (international programmes). These aspects have been silent in previous studies of HEIs in Vietnam. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01