tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post2108112876300440262..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: A Different Kind of College ExperienceJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-87545538789611321392010-10-15T08:06:31.200-04:002010-10-15T08:06:31.200-04:00Research is an issue; the model I am proposing wou...Research is an issue; the model I am proposing would not include much money for that. Faculty who want to do expensive research would have to seek funding on their own, perhaps by working in labs at bigger institutions or in private companies. (I know a chemist who spends his summers working for Dupont.) I don't think the bare bones model would work for everyone, I just wonder why someone isn't trying it.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-51000122780389869672010-10-14T22:51:06.619-04:002010-10-14T22:51:06.619-04:00So, I wonder if such a model would still work in a...So, I wonder if such a model would still work in a science oriented program - one where lab and equipment in the lab truly enhance the learning experience. I also have to think that attracting qualified talent to teach should be a little more than room and board for the professor [BTW, we don't pay our teachers, police, fire, and healthcare workers enough money.] If we use the number of 70% as the non-education element of the tuition, a year at University of Virginia 2010-2011 will mean that $3,250 per student, per year is the expected monetary base. At 20,895 students, that will generate $67,925,466 per year. So, with a little very simple modeling I compute that at a class size of 35 students each, with teachers teaching 3 different classes each semester, and a compensation package of $125,000, this will cost $24,875,000. Real estate costs could run about the same per year (lots of assumptions, like the number of classrooms available to handle the 120 classes per day and 8 square feet per student in the classroom, and commercial real estate costs of $156, annually, and a 15% premium to cover utilities…). So this consumes about $49 million of the $68 million collected, leaving $19 million per year for “everything else.” Is that enough? What about research? What about equipment? An interesting model, for sure.<br /><br />The ubiquity of low cost high grade post-secondary education is something I would love to be involved with (as a student or an economically responsible party to that education experience). University of Bensozia?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462632458058483278noreply@blogger.com