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Manning, Terri M.; Crosta, Peter M. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2014
Community colleges are under pressure to increase completion rates, prepare students for the workplace, and contain costs. Colleges need to know the financial implications of what are often perceived as routine decisions: course scheduling, program offerings, and the provision of support services. This chapter presents a methodology for estimating…
Descriptors: Program Costs, Graduation Rate, Decision Making, College Planning
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Jones, Craig H.; Slate, John R. – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2009
In this article, we discuss the development of online courses in higher education in terms of the in- structional quality and economic costs. In our conceptual analysis, we point out problems in developing online courses with sufficient quality due to limited funds being made available for online course development. Moreover, economic costs exist…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Instructional Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Economics Education