1. Determining rankings of undergraduate programs using data envelopment analysis: A case study in Universiti Malaysia Sabah.
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Mohd Zulkifli, Muhammad Ameer Aiman, Hashim, Siti Rahayu Mohd, Sulaiman, Jumat, and Topimin, Salmah
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DATA envelopment analysis , *UNDERGRADUATE programs , *LINEAR programming , *STUDENTS , *GRADUATION rate - Abstract
It is imperative for university undergraduate programs to possess effective allocation and optimal utilization of its resources. Evaluating undergraduate programs' relative efficiency enables the university to rank the programs and identify the strengths and weaknesses of the programs. This is crucial for the programs' continuous quality improvement plans and measures. In order to achieve this, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) can be used to determine and rank relative efficiency for each decision-making unit (DMU) or in this case the undergraduate program based on its inputs and outputs. This method can also identify the factors that possess a significant effect on a DMU through its relative efficiency score and slacks. In this study, DEA is utilized to evaluate and rank the efficiency of nine DMUs which are the programs under the Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah in order to determine whether the allocation and utilization of educational purposes is effective or otherwise. The inputs (Xm) and outputs (Yn) for this study are identified as the number of academic staff (X1), number of taught course students (X2), average students' qualifications in CGPA (X3), number of graduates from program (Y1) and graduation rate (Y2). The outcome of this research is expected to be aligned with previous studies where the inputs and outputs for each DMU into a linear programming form can be transformed and from there, the virtual weights for each input and output can be determined. It is anticipated that this study will aid faculty administrators in determining which programs are relatively efficient or otherwise. It is hoped that the faculty administrators can formulate appropriate measures to maintain the programs with a higher relative efficiency score as well as aiding the programs with a relatively low efficiency score. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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