Türkiye'deki Araştırma Üniversitelerinin Üçüncü Misyonlarının Değerlendirilmesi

Bu çalışma, Türkiye'deki araştırma üniversitelerinin üçüncü misyon faaliyetlerinin etkinlik performanslarını son yıllarda öne çıkan toplumsal boyut açısından değerlendirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Araştırma üniversitelerinin 2019 yılı için üçüncü misyonları kapsamında yürüttükleri faaliyetlerin etkinliklerini ölçmek için Veri Zarflama Analizi uygulanmıştır. Bulgular, on altı üniversiteden sadece dördünün üçüncü misyon faaliyetlerini etkin bir şekilde yürüttüklerini ortaya koymuştur. Ayrıca üniversitelerin genel ortalama etkinlik puanı 0.422 olduğundan, tüm araştırma üniversiteleri birlikte değerlendirildiğinde bu üniversitelerin üçüncü misyonlarının toplumsal boyuta göre etkin olmadıkları görülmektedir. Bunun yanı sıra, araştırma üniversitelerinin üçüncü misyon faaliyetlerinin etkinliğini etkileyen dışsal faktörleri belirlemek için Tobit modeli kullanılmıştır. Bulgular kuruluş yılının üniversitelerin üçüncü misyon faaliyetlerini pozitif yönde etkilediğini bir başka değişle 1981 yılından önce kurulan araştırma üniversitelerinin topluma hizmet faaliyetlerini daha etkin yürütme potansiyeline sahip olduklarını ortaya koymuştur. Böylelikle, Türkiye'de araştırma üniversitelerinin üçüncü misyonlarının toplumsal boyutu kapsamında yürütülen faaliyetlerin performansı ile araştırma misyonları arasında önemli bir bağlantı bulunamamıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Veri Zarflama Analizi, Etkinlik, Araştırma Üniversitesi, Tobit Model, Üniversitenin Üçüncü Misyonu

Evaluation of Research Universities’ Third Mission in Turkey

This study aims to evaluate the efficiency performance of third mission activities of research universities in Turkey regarding their social dimension, which has become prominent in recent years. Data Envelopment Analysis was used to evaluate the efficiency of the third mission of universities for 2019. The findings show that the number of relatively efficient research universities is only four out of sixteen, and the overall mean score of universities is 0.422. Thus, in total, universities are inefficient regarding their third mission activities as of 2019. Besides, in order to get reasonable results, a Tobit model was applied to examine the extent to which exogenous factors influence the third mission efficiencies of research universities in Turkey. The results indicate that only the foundation year has a significantly positive impact on university efficiency; in other words, the possibility of third mission efficiency is greater for the older ones, which were founded before 1981. The university ranking was used as a proxy for external factors affecting both the research mission and the third mission of research universities. No significant linkage between the performance of the third mission activities conducted within the scope of social dimension and the research mission of research universities is determined for Turkey.

Keywords:

Data Envelopment Analysis, Efficiency, Research University, Tobit Model, Third Mission of the University,

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