Abstract
This paper uses the super-efficiency data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to measure the higher education resource allocation efficiency (HERAE) of 30 provinces from China 2005-2018, and analyzes the regional difference and dynamic evolution law of the HERAE with Theil index and kernel density estimation, respectively. The results show that: The HERAEs of most provinces are DEA effective, but the HERAEs of a few provinces are DEA ineffective, calling for further improvement to the allocation of higher education resources in these places. There was a certain difference in the HERAE trend between eastern, central, and western regions. In the sample period, eastern region had higher HERAE than central and western regions. With the elapse of time, the internal gap of HERAE decreased to different degrees in the three regions. Eastern region had the largest gap, followed in turn by central and western regions. In addition, China’s HERAEs were polarized in time. With the passage of time, the polarization of regional HERAEs slowly weakened.
Highlights
Higher education has cultivated many high-quality talents, who contribute massively to the economic growth, technological innovation, and social development in China
Based on the index system of higher education resource allocation efficiency (HERAE), the data on inputs and outputs were imported to maxDEA
Eastern region had the highest HERAE, followed in turn by central region, and western region. These results show that the eastern region should emphasize on the fairness of education resource allocation, while central and western regions must improve the level of allocation
Summary
Higher education has cultivated many high-quality talents, who contribute massively to the economic growth, technological innovation, and social development in China. The development of higher education in China has moved from scale expansion to connotation enrichment. For this reason, China’s institutions of higher learning have acquired more and more comprehensive strength, and some top colleges in the country have improved their rankings in the world. China is a vast country with numerous institutions of higher learning. Some colleges in remote areas lack sufficient funds and high-quality education resources. The education resources in China are allocated through central iJET ‒ Vol 16, No 11, 2021
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