Calculating the Hidden Costs of University Absenteeism Through Internal Efficiency and Loss

The current financial crisis in universities is multifaceted, it depends not only on visible aspects but also on latent aspects, this is why the prism of analysis must be broadened to include the various points that could explain the crisis in a university system on the brink of collapse. Therefore, in this article we will analyze through the theory of hidden performance costs, the indirect costs of the university system, especially the phenomenon of absenteeism of the student and teacher-researchers. Our objective is to explain that the absenteeism of students and teachers costs the state huge sums, leading to immeasurable consequences on the budgetary efficiency of universities. To do this, we will introduce this imperceptible phenomenon in the calculation of the internal efficiency and loss of a given university system.