The Evaluation of Comprehensive Teaching and Research Efficiency and Its Key Influencing Factors Analysis of “Double First-Class” Universities in China

Hongwei Li, Dongyang Ma, Wei Cui, Min Tao () and Jiahui Zhang
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Hongwei Li: College of Economics and Management, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266510, China
Dongyang Ma: College of Economics and Management, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266510, China
Wei Cui: School of Statistics, Jilin University of Finance and Economics, Changchun 130117, China
Min Tao: College of Economics and Management, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266510, China
Jiahui Zhang: Department of Materials, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: An evaluation index system is established in order to evaluate the comprehensive teaching and research efficiency of “Double First-Class” universities in China, using the Joint Data Envelopment Analysis method. The influence of the parameters in the model is analyzed and the algorithmic steps are given. The key factors of the system are identified by the Grey Correlation Analysis method. The comprehensive teaching and research efficiency of “Double First-Class” Universities in China in 2019 has thereby been calculated as an empirical study. The results show that: (1) It is effective and feasible to construct an evaluation method based on joint DEA, for the evaluation of comprehensive teaching and research efficiency of “Double First-Class” Universities in China. (2) The key factors are the number of cited papers, the annual budget, and the salaries of graduates. Based on those factors, suggestions have been put forward to improve their efficiency. (3) The comprehensive teaching and research efficiency of China’s “Double First-Class” Universities are high, and the comparison between research efficiency and teaching efficiency shows that 69.2% of the “Double First-Class” Universities have higher research efficiency than teaching efficiency. Most of those universities allocate a higher proportion of shared input to research.

Keywords: “Double First-Class” universities; comprehensive teaching and research efficiency; data envelopment analysis; Grey Correlation Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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