Program in Course Redesign: Round III
Projected and Actual Savings
The calculations shown in the charts below reflect differences in operating costs between traditional and redesigned formats after the redesign is complete. The cost savings primarily reflect decreased time spent by instructional personnel (full-time faculty, adjunct faculty, graduate teaching assistants) and/or substitution of less expensive personnel. Other kinds of cost savings are not included in the charts such as those accrued from increased space capacity and from greater retention. In addition, the savings shown are for one year. The charts do not amortize the savings over the life of the course. Doing so would increase the savings by a factor of five, for example, if the course remained substantially the same for five years.
There are four ways that the cost-per-student figures translate to actual practice: 1) newly available faculty time, which can be reassigned to other courses or responsibilities; 2) actual dollar savings (e.g., the elimination of adjuncts or other personnel); 3) the capacity to serve more students, thus reducing the cost-per-student; 4) a decline in faculty workload for the course.
Round III Projected Savings Summary |
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| Institution | Course | Cost Per Student | Savings per | % | ||
| Traditional | Redesign | Student | Savings | |||
| U of S Mississippi | World Lit | $70 | $31 | $39 | 56% | |
| U of New Mexico | Psychology | $72 | $38 | $34 | 47% | |
| Northern Arizona U | College Algebra | $138 | $73 | $65 | 47% | |
| Iowa State U | Math | $129 | $75 | $54 | 42% | |
| Drexel U | Computer Prog | $172 | $100 | $72 | 42% | |
| Tallahassee CC | English Comp | $252 | $145 | $107 | 42% | |
| Brigham Young U | English Comp | $205 | $122 | $83 | 40% | |
| Florida Gulf Coast U | Fine Arts | $132 | $81 | $51 | 39% | |
| Ohio State U | Statistics | $190 | $132 | $58 | 31% | |
| Portland State U | Spanish | $127 | $91 | $36 | 28% | |
| AVERAGE | 41% | |||||
| Institution | Course | Annual | Annual Cost | Annual | ||
| Enrollment | Traditional | Redesign | Savings | |||
| Tallahassee CC | English Comp | 3,000 | $756,000 | $435,000 | $321,000 | |
| Brigham Young U | English Comp | 2,950 | $604,750 | $359,900 | $244,850 | |
| Ohio State U | Statistics | 2,850 | $541,500 | $376,200 | $165,300 | |
| Iowa State U | Math | 1,800 | $232,200 | $135,200 | $97,200 | |
| U of S Mississippi | World Lit | 2,000 | $140,000 | $62,000 | $78,000 | |
| U of New Mexico | Psychology | 2,250 | $162,000 | $85,500 | $76,500 | |
| Drexel U | ^ | Computer Prog | 1,024 | $176,128 | $102,400 | $73,728 |
| Northern Arizona U | College Algebra | 920 | $126,960 | $67,160 | $59,800 | |
| Florida Gulf Coast U | ^ | Fine Arts | 950 | $125,400 | $76,950 | $48,450 |
| Portland State U | ^ | Spanish | 960 | $122,920 | $87,360 | $34,560 |
| TOTAL | 18,704 | $1,199,388 | ||||
| ^ Adds students | ||||||
Round III Actual Savings Summary |
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| Institution | Course | Cost Per Student |
Savings per |
% |
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Traditional |
Redesign |
Student |
Savings |
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| U of S Mississippi | World Lit | $70 | $31 | $39 | 56% | |
| U of New Mexico | Psychology | $72 | $37 | $35 | 49% | |
| Florida Gulf Coast U | Fine Arts | $132 | $70 | $62 | 47% | |
| Drexel U | Computer Prog | $172 | $97 | $75 | 44% | |
| Tallahassee CC | English Comp | $252 | $145 | $107 | 42% | |
| Northern Arizona U | ~ | College Algebra | $138 | $82 | $56 | 41% |
| Iowa State U | ~ | Math | $129 | $77 | $52 | 40% |
| Portland State U | Spanish | $127 | $88 | $39 | 31% | |
| Ohio State U | Statistics | $190 | $142 | $48 | 25% | |
| Brigham Young U | English Comp | $205 | $175 | $30 | 15% | |
| AVERAGE |
39% | |||||
| Institution | Course | Annual |
Annual Cost |
Annual |
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Enrollment |
Traditional |
Redesign |
Savings |
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| Tallahassee CC | English Comp | 3,000 | $756,000 | $435,000 | $321,000 | |
| Ohio State U | > | Statistics | 2,650 | $503,500 | $376,300 | $127,200 |
| Iowa State U | Math | 1,800 | $232,200 | $138,600 | $93,600 | |
| Brigham Young U | English Comp | 2,950 | $604,750 | $516,250 | $88,500 | |
| U of New Mexico | Psychology | 2,250 | $162,000 | $83,250 | $78,750 | |
| U of S Mississippi | World Lit | 2,000 | $140,000 | $62,000 | $78,000 | |
| Florida Gulf Coast U | ^ | Fine Arts | 1,200 | $158,400 | $84,000 | $74,400 |
| Portland State U | ^ | Spanish | 1,276 | $162,052 | $112,288 | $49,764 |
| Northern Arizona U | > | College Algebra | 800 | $110,400 | $65,600 | $44,800 |
| Drexel U | > | Computer Prog | 414 | $71,208 | $40,158 | $31,050 |
| TOTAL | 18,340 | $987,064 | ||||
| ^ Adds students | ||||||
| > Enrollment less than projected | ||||||
| ~ Full course redesign not complete. In the chart, cost savings are projected as if the entire course were redesigned. | ||||||
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