Objectives: University social responsibility still lacks legitimisation and is perceived as a burden that hinders academics from doing research and teaching. Creating Shared Value by the University may serve as a tool to motivate universities to engage in initiatives for society, as this is beneficial for both parties. Yet, some researchers perceive the creation of economic value as inappropriate for academia. Thus, it was interesting...

This study investigates the relationship between university financial resources, applied accounting systems, and the place of a university in the Shanghai Ranking. We find a strong relationship between the financial resources under the control of a world-class university and the position of that university in the highest tier of the global ranking. We propose a model (available online) to predict a university’s tier in the ranking...

First-year attrition and on-time graduation are key challenges for contemporary universities, which determine their efficiency. Based on the benefit of the doubt approach, this study reports the efficiency of the graduation process in 37 Australian public universities. The super-efficiency model extended by restrictions on virtual weights is used. The proposed model considers the attrition rate and the on-time graduation rate separately...

Politechnika Gdańska jest częścią europejskiej i światowej wspólnoty akademickiej. Wspólnota Uczelni działa na rzecz podnoszenia dobrostanu społecznego oraz zrównoważenia ekosystemu Ziemi – we współpracy z uczelniami z Europy i świata, a także z podmiotami z innych sektorów. Kształcenie i edukacja realizowane są na 8 wydziałach w ramach 37 kierunków I i II stopnia. Blisko 1300 nauczycieli akademickich kształci przeszło 15 tysięcy...