The Quantitative and Qualitative Efficiency of A Higher Education Institution: An Input to Academic Sustainability Measures

Abstract

This study assessed the internal efficiency of a Higher Education Institution in the Philippines as a basis for its university sustainability. Data were gathered from its administrators, faculty members, non-teaching personnel and students. Using a descriptive correlation research design, this study determined the existence of a difference among the assessment of the four groups of respondents on the qualitative components of the university. Moreover, a documentary analysis was used to identify the quantitative components of the university in terms of enrolment, graduation, faculty, administrators, graduation rate, number of buildings, classrooms, laboratories, nonteaching personnel and performance in board examination. Results show that in any educational institution, the university also passes through periods of pressures and cross-pressures in the course of its development. This study strongly suggests that planning is an essential component of a system to propel sustainable development in the academe.