APPLICATION OF THE CCR-DEA MODEL TO THE ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN POLAND

Abstract

The capabilities of the personnel that potential employers value change together with the external environment in which companies operate. Likewise, the demands of the labour market require a change in the role of higher education whose main objective today is seen to be preparation of highly specialised professionals. However, although higher education establishments ensure equal access to education in all possible fields, they often educate specialists for jobs that are not needed, while the degree of specialisation of those who are needed is only too frequently far from employers’ expectations. Consequently, graduates with diplomas encounter serious difficulties in the job market, including potential unemployment. The main goal of this paper was to determine the effectiveness of higher education in Poland and its individual regions (voivodships) in the years 2006-2007 and compare the results regarding the relationships between mass education and the suitability of education for the job market. The analysis was carried out using the CCR-DEA model.