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| author | HUBBARD, ROBERT E. |
| author_facet | HUBBARD, ROBERT E. HUBBARD, ROBERT E. |
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| contents | AN APPROACH TO INSTITUTIONAL COST ANALYSIS. HUBBARD, ROBERT E. Computers Credits Data Analysis Data Collection Higher Education Institutional Research Library Expenditures Program Costs Teaching Load Unit Costs THIS STUDY DESCRIBES A 1960 EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL COSTS BY STUDENT LEVEL AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY IN DETROIT. DIRECT COSTS OF INSTRUCTION WERE DETERMINED BY AMOUNT OF FACULTY TIME DEVOTED TO INSTRUCTION AND REPORTED AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL FACULTY TIME. A COST PER CREDIT HOUR WAS OBTAINED BY STUDENT LEVEL. DATA WAS COMPUTERIZED. COMPUTER OUTPUT INCLUDED--(1) A COST ANALYSIS, (2) COST PER STUDENT CREDIT HOUR, (3) PERCENT OF TIME, (4) CREDIT HOUR AND CONTACT HOUR LOAD, AND (5) PERCENT OF TIME ASSIGNED TO INSTRUCTIONAL UNITS. THE COSTS OF VARIOUS ASPECTS OF LIBRARY OPERATION WERE ALSO ANALYZED. THE REPORT CONCLUDED THAT A STUDY OF THIS NATURE SHOULD BE DONE THOROUGHLY THE FIRST TIME AND REPLICATED OFTEN. THE USE OF FACULTY JUDGEMENT TO DETERMINE THE TIME ALLOTMENTS WAS CONSIDERED A WEAKNESS BY THE AUTHOR. THE STATISTICAL METHODS WERE INCLUDED. THIS ARTICLE IS A REPRINT FROM THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL EDUCATION, VOL. 31, NO. 2, DECEMBER 1962. COPIES MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE PUBLISHER, DEMBAR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICES, INC., P.O. BOX 1148, MADISON, WISCONSIN 53701. (JP) |
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| spellingShingle | AN APPROACH TO INSTITUTIONAL COST ANALYSIS. HUBBARD, ROBERT E. Computers Credits Data Analysis Data Collection Higher Education Institutional Research Library Expenditures Program Costs Teaching Load Unit Costs AN APPROACH TO INSTITUTIONAL COST ANALYSIS. HUBBARD, ROBERT E. Computers Credits Data Analysis Data Collection Higher Education Institutional Research Library Expenditures Program Costs Teaching Load Unit Costs THIS STUDY DESCRIBES A 1960 EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL COSTS BY STUDENT LEVEL AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY IN DETROIT. DIRECT COSTS OF INSTRUCTION WERE DETERMINED BY AMOUNT OF FACULTY TIME DEVOTED TO INSTRUCTION AND REPORTED AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL FACULTY TIME. A COST PER CREDIT HOUR WAS OBTAINED BY STUDENT LEVEL. DATA WAS COMPUTERIZED. COMPUTER OUTPUT INCLUDED--(1) A COST ANALYSIS, (2) COST PER STUDENT CREDIT HOUR, (3) PERCENT OF TIME, (4) CREDIT HOUR AND CONTACT HOUR LOAD, AND (5) PERCENT OF TIME ASSIGNED TO INSTRUCTIONAL UNITS. THE COSTS OF VARIOUS ASPECTS OF LIBRARY OPERATION WERE ALSO ANALYZED. THE REPORT CONCLUDED THAT A STUDY OF THIS NATURE SHOULD BE DONE THOROUGHLY THE FIRST TIME AND REPLICATED OFTEN. THE USE OF FACULTY JUDGEMENT TO DETERMINE THE TIME ALLOTMENTS WAS CONSIDERED A WEAKNESS BY THE AUTHOR. THE STATISTICAL METHODS WERE INCLUDED. THIS ARTICLE IS A REPRINT FROM THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL EDUCATION, VOL. 31, NO. 2, DECEMBER 1962. COPIES MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE PUBLISHER, DEMBAR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICES, INC., P.O. BOX 1148, MADISON, WISCONSIN 53701. (JP) |
| title | AN APPROACH TO INSTITUTIONAL COST ANALYSIS. |
| topic | Computers Credits Data Analysis Data Collection Higher Education Institutional Research Library Expenditures Program Costs Teaching Load Unit Costs |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED018105 |