Funding system of full-time higher education and technical efficiency: Case of the University of Ljubljana

Education Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-303

  Tajnikar, Maks ^a   Debevec, Jasmina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Funding; Higher education; Study group factors; Study groups

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; HIGHER EDUCATION; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LJUBLJANA; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 51749099620     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290802338151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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