Evaluating Research Efficiency of Chinese Universities

• Main Authors: Hu, Yongmei (Author), Liang, Wenyan (Author), Tang, Yipeng (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: New Frontiers of Educational Research,
• Subjects: Education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Higher education.; Higher Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.

This book employs the modern econometric approaches such as DEA, Malmquist Index and Tobit models to evaluate research effectiveness and productivity of research-oriented universities in China. On the basis of five-year longitudinal data of more than a hundred “Project 211” universities, this book i...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Evaluation on University Research Efficiency and productivity: Concepts, Methods and Review
• Overall Research Performance of 'Project 211" Universities: An Input-Output Perspective
• Evaluation on Research Efficiency of "Project 211" Universities: DEA Approach
• Dynamic Evaluation of Research Productivity of "Project 211" Universities: A Malmquist Productivity Approach
• Research on Factors Influencing Research Efficiency in "Project 211" Universities
• Conclusions and Policy Implications.