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Handbook of Operations Research and Management Science in Higher Education

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Editors:
  1. Zilla Sinuany-Stern

    1. Department of IEM, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

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  • Includes numerous case studies and findings on advanced applications in various functional areas
  • Covers a broad range of rigorous OR/MS methods that can be applied in Higher Education management
  • Focuses on OR/MS applications

Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science (ISOR, volume 309)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Reviews/Overviews

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Operations Research and Management Science in Higher Education: An Overview

      • Zilla Sinuany-Stern
      Pages 3-34

    3. A Systematic and Updated Review of the Literature on Higher Education Marketing 2005–2019

      • Izhar Oplatka, Jane Hemsley-Brown
      Pages 35-80

    4. Overview of Simulation in Higher Education: Methods and Applications

      • Efrat Tiram, Zilla Sinuany-Stern
      Pages 81-115

    5. Managing Minds: The Challenges of Current Research Information Systems for Improving University Performance

      • Gad Yair
      Pages 117-130

    6. Forecasting Methods in Higher Education: An Overview

      • Zilla Sinuany-Stern
      Pages 131-157

    7. Survey of Methods for Ranking and Benchmarking Higher Education Institutions

      • José-Luis Pino-Mejías, Pedro-Luis Luque-Calvo
      Pages 159-211

    8. Balanced Scorecard in Strategic Planning of Higher Education: Review

      • Zilla Sinuany-Stern, H. David Sherman
      Pages 213-239

    9. System Analysis of Technology Transfer Policies and Models in Higher Education

      • Arnon Bentur, Daphne Getz, Oshrat Katz Shacham
      Pages 241-262

    10. Models for Planning and Budgeting in Higher Education

      • Zilla Sinuany-Stern
      Pages 263-299

  3. New Methodologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 301-301
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    2. Funding Research in Higher Education Institutions: The Game Theory Approach

      • Baruch Keren, Yossi Hadad, Yizhaq Minchuk
      Pages 303-321

    3. A Fast Threshold Acceptance Algorithm for the Examination Timetabling Problem

      • Nuno Leite, Fernando Melício, Agostinho C. Rosa
      Pages 323-363

    4. Robust Efficiency via Average Correlation: The Case of Academic Departments

      • Zilla Sinuany-Stern, Lea Friedman
      Pages 365-386

  4. Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 387-387
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    2. Course Evaluation Using Preference Disaggregation Analysis: The Case of an Information Communication Technology Course

      • Ioannis Sitaridis, Fotis Kitsios, Stavros Stefanakakis, Maria Kamariotou
      Pages 389-418

    3. The Application of a Balanced Scorecard in Higher Education Institutions: A Case Study of Wuls

      • MichaÅ‚ Pietrzak
      Pages 419-451

    4. E-Learning in Times of Crisis: An Incidental or Facilitative Event?

      • Nitza Davidovitch, Rivka Wadmany
      Pages 453-479

    5. The Relative Efficiencies of Higher Education in OECD Countries

      • Zilla Sinuany-Stern, Arthur Hirsh
      Pages 481-512
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About this book

This handbook covers various areas of Higher Education (HE) in which operations research/management science (OR/MS) techniques are used. Key examples include: international comparisons, university rankings, and rating academic efficiency with Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); formulating academic strategy with balanced scorecard; budgeting and planning with linear and quadratic models; student forecasting; E-learning evaluation; faculty evaluation with questionnaires and multivariate statistics; marketing for HE; analytic and educational simulation; academic information systems; technology transfer with systems analysis; and examination timetabling. Overviews, case studies and findings on advanced OR/MS applications in various functional areas of HE are included.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of IEM, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    Zilla Sinuany-Stern

About the editor

Zilla Sinuany-Stern is a Professor Emerita at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) at Ben-Gurion University (BGU), Israel. Her research interests include operations research (OR) and management science (MS): theory and applications. She has published over 150 articles, and held many important academic positions, such as: Head of the Department of IEM at BGU, President of the Israeli Society of Operations Research, Vice President of the European Association of Operations Research (EURO), Provost of Ariel University, Member of the Israeli Council for Higher Education (CHE), and Chair of its Quality Assurance Committee (CHE).

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