One method for evaluating higher education performance is to conceptualize it as a production function represented as an input/output process. This paper proposes a performance evaluation of higher education institutions from the perspective of recent graduates taking as inputs students' cognitive abilities and tuition, and as outputs three we contend are relevant for recent graduates: starting salary, sectoral distinctiveness, and sectoral variety. Using a sample of recent Colombian higher-education graduates, we apply the DEA technique to analyze efficiency at the institutional level in the formal labor market. Our results highlight the importance of focusing on the student as the protagonist of the educational process and contribute to the debate about the selection of relevant inputs and outputs when measuring institution's efficiency.

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关于就业市场成果：评估哥伦比亚高等教育机构的绩效

评估高等教育绩效的一种方法是将其概念化为表示为输入/输出过程的生产函数。本文从应届毕业生的角度提出了高等教育机构的绩效评估，以学生的认知能力和学费为输入，我们认为与应届毕业生相关的三个输出：起薪、部门独特性和部门多样性。使用最近的哥伦比亚高等教育毕业生样本，我们应用 DEA 技术分析正规劳动力市场机构层面的效率。我们的研究结果强调了将学生作为教育过程主角的重要性，并有助于在衡量机构效率时选择相关投入和产出的辩论。