成本约束下大学教师评价的效能

The Effectiveness of Faculty Evaluation under Cost Constraints

对现行大学教师评价体系及评价过程的质疑表明,从效能的角度考查现行大学教师评价活动是重要的。而评价活动的成本是大学教师评价中重要的限制性因素,影响着评价活动各环节及评价整体的效能,研究评价效能不能不研究成本约束。本文从成本总量与成本配置的角度来分析评价成本对评价效能的约束问题,指出目前的大学教师评价体现出"低成本低效能"的特征。主要体现为成本意识错位且模糊了评价目标;成本总量不足并限制了评价能力;成本配置失调影响了评价过程的合理性;隐性成本消解了部分评价效果。若要提高评价效能,需要加大评价成本投入、运用成本-效能分析法来合理配置成本并加强对隐性成本的管理。

Since the evaluation system and evaluation process of current university faculty still need to be optimized, it is necessary to introduce effectiveness into the study of the evaluation. As a key restrictive factor in the course of faculty evaluation process, cost has an impact on every aspect as well as the whole effectiveness of the evaluation. Therefore, cost constraints are indispensable to the study on evaluation effectiveness. The paper analyzes the impact of cost on evaluation effectiveness in terms of total cost and cost configuration, pointing out that current faculty evaluation is featured by low-effectiveness with low cost inputs. To be specific, the evaluation goals are obscure due to the mismatch of cost consciousness; the evaluation capability becomes ineffective under the constraint of total cost; the evaluation process is interrupted under the maladjustment of cost configuration; and some of the evaluation effects are offset by implicit costs. In order to improve the evaluation effectiveness, it＇s necessary to increase the cost inputs and make use of cost-effectiveness analysis to rationalize the cost configuration.