The Impact of IT Management on the Efficiency of Top US Liberal Arts Colleges

Table 1

Descriptive statistics.

Variable	Type	𝑁	Min	Max	Mean	Std. Dev.
Technical efficiency score	scale	41	0.825	1	0.95	0.04
Headcount supported Per worker	scale	36	47.42	160.41	81.51	27.97
IT has standalone strategic plan	nominal	41	0	1	0.68	0.47
Rank of top IT officer	ordinal	41	0	3	1.71	0.87
Advisors total	ordinal	41	0	6	3.54	1.47
Percentage of IT personnel centralized	scale	23	0.76	1	0.89	0.07
Funding Per FTE student	scale	41	766.47	3,448.26	1896.13	743.16
Percentage of campus expenses spent on IT	scale	36	0.03	0.09	0.05	0.01
IT security risk assessment performed	nominal	41	0	1	0.56	0.50
Number of security practices	ordinal	41	18	49	32.90	7.29
Institution strategic plan includes IT	nominal	41	0	1	0.78	0.42