Application of new mathematical models in the higher education evaluation process

Timovski, Riste and Atanasova-Pacemska, Tatjana (2021) Application of new mathematical models in the higher education evaluation process. South East European Journal of Sustainable Development, 5 (3/2021). pp. 102-112. ISSN 2545-4471

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Abstract

The current situation with the reforms conducted in the last several years in Republic of North Macedonia,
in terms of higher education do not give the expected results regarding the positions Universities have at the
international rankings. Based on the Ministry of Education and Science, there are currently 17 accredited higher
education institutions in the state and still there is not relevant, deep and comprehensive analysis conducted about
their work. Working in the field of higher education showed that there is a possibility (still not automated and
integrated) to examine the quantitive outputs in terms of educated staff, as well as scientific work and visibility in
the Internet (Scopus, Webometrics, other sources), but the quantitive aspect is missing, as well as the comparison
in between with locating the best of the best, thus knowing what are the best practices and who is conducting them.
Also, there is lack in the approach of comparison the outputs with the inputs (what has been invested to produce
those outputs) and answer the question of what is the price paid (not only in terms of finances, but broader). Bearing
this in mind, the efficiency of our Universities is still a black box and for sure we claim that not being aware about
it, we cannot hold any successful reform in the educational system and achieve higher goals and international
rankings. The purpose of this work is to propose a new ways of evaluation the higher education system which could
be applied not only for the domestic Universities. Mathematical modeling is used with elaboration of several
specific methods, such as DEA, AHP, SFA etc. Some of them already applied in qualitative and/or quantitative
evaluation of some parts of our educational system.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Natural sciences > Computer and information sciences Natural sciences > Matematics
Divisions:	Faculty of Computer Science
Depositing User:	Riste Timovski
Date Deposited:	14 Oct 2021 07:58
Last Modified:	14 Oct 2021 07:58
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/28573

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