ABOR Cost Savings Summary

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Arizona Board of Regents: Learner-Centered Education Course Redesign Initiative

Cost Savings Summary

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.

ABOR LCE-CRI: Cost Savings Summary
Institution		Course	Cost Per Student		Savings per	%
			Traditional	Redesign	Student	Savings
UA		Chemistry	$199	$174	$25	13%
ASU		Chemistry	$439	$351	$88	20%
ASU		Women in Society	$78	$57	$21	27%
NAU		Intro to Psychology	$60	$42	$18	30%
UA		Biology	$266	$178	$88	33%
ASU		Geology	$92	$59	$33	36%
ASU		Computer Literacy	$50	$28	$22	44%
ASU		Public Speaking	$342	$142	$200	58%
UA		Geology	$437	$185	$252	58%
ASU		Org Mgmt & Leadership	$373	$154	$219	59%
AVERAGE						38%

Institution		Course	Annual	Annual Cost		Annual
			Enrollment	Traditional	Redesign	Savings
NAU	^	Intro to Psychology	2,000	$120,000	$84,000	$36,000
ASU	^	Computer Literacy	2,196	$109,800	$61,488	$48,312
ASU	^	Women in Society	2,800	$218,400	$159,600	$58,800
ASU		Geology	2,200	$202,400	$129,800	$72,600
ASU	^	Org Mgmt & Leadership	360	$134,280	$55,440	$78,840
UA		Chemistry	4,000	$796,000	$696,000	$100,000
ASU	^	Public Speaking	600	$205,200	$85,200	$120,000
UA		Biology	1,730	$460,180	$307,940	$152,240
UA		Geology	1,200	$524,400	$222,000	$302,400
ASU		Chemistry	4,640	$2,037,960	$1,626,385	$411,575
TOTAL			21,726			$1,380,767

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