Understanding and Improving Higher Education Productivity

• In Event: 44.084 - Roundtable Session 18
  In Roundtable Session: 44.084-15 - Student Outcomes and Higher Education Productivity

Abstract

Higher education has grown to play a major role in many countries, amplifying interest in productivity. Yet surprisingly little scholarly research has been conducted on this phenomenon. The paper discusses the generalisation of a model validated by the United States National Research Council. It analyses cross-national data collection involving ten diverse Asian countries and dozens of institutions. Quantitative data was collected on inputs, and on education and research outcomes. In each country reviews were conducted of salient political and institutional contexts. The paper reviews technical and empirical contributions to research. It articulates contexts and strategies for improving national policy and institutional management. Most broadly, it highlights the value of progressing contextualised scientific studies of productivity in higher education.

Authors

• Hamish Bennett Coates, University of Melbourne

• Gwilym Croucher, University of Melbourne

• Kenneth Scott Moore, University of Melbourne