TY  - JOUR
T1  - Factors Affecting Efficiency of Higher Education Institutions:
A Theoretical and Empirical Review
AU - Adamu, Mohammad AU - Soon, Jan-Jan AU - Ahmad, Siti Aznor 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 7
SP  - 1235
EP  - 1241
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2017.1235.1241
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2017.1235.1241
KW  - Efficiency
KW  -higher education institutions
KW  -university
KW  -inputs
KW  -outputs
AB  - Public universities heavily depend on government for funding, hence assessment and monitoring of the efficiency of these universities and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) become necessary due their immense importance to nation building. As inputs and outputs are used in the assessment of the efficiency scores of the HEIs and universities, there have been other factors that affect the obtained efficiency scores but usually overlooked. These factors are not within the input and output variables and still have effects on the efficiency of the HEIs. Based on the factors, the empirical results show inconsistencies regarding the theories. Therefore, this study reviews the theoretical and empirical aspects of the efficiency of higher education institutions, universities and factors affecting the efficiency within the confine of public HEIs.
ER  -