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Costs and Financing in Open Schools

 * Unit 1: Some basic concepts of cost analysis
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Some basic Concepts of Cost Analysis
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Some basic Concepts of Cost Analysis/Systems Model of Open and Distance Learning
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Some basic Concepts of Cost Analysis/Direct and Indirect Costs
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Some basic Concepts of Cost Analysis/Fixed, Variable and Semi-Variabable Costs
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Some basic Concepts of Cost Analysis/Committed and Managed Costs
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Some basic Concepts of Cost Analysis/Cost Drivers


 * Unit 2: How student numbers affect costs
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/How Student Numbers Affect Costs
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/How Student Numbers Affect Costs/Review of Fixed, Variable and Semi-Variable Costs
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/ How Student Numbers Affect Costs/Total Costs
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/ How Student Numbers Affect Costs/Average Costs
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/How Student Numbers Affect Costs/Economies of Sale
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/How Student Numbers Affect Costs/Costs of ODL versus Conventional Education
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/How Student Numbers Affect Costs/Questions for Consideration


 * Unit 3: Capital costs
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Capital Costs
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Capital Costs/Review Capital and Operating Costs
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Capital Costs/Depreciating Capital Costs


 * Unit 4: Overheads
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Overheads
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schools/Overheads/Traditional Approach to Assigning Overheads
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schools/Overheads/Critique of Traditional Methods of Cost Accounting
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schools/Overheads/Activity-Based Costing
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schools/Overheads/Steps in Activity-Based Costing
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schools/Overheads/Critique of Activity-Based Costing


 * Unit 5: Unit costs
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Unit Costs: Determining costs per student, per course or per programme
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schools/Unit Costs: Determining costs per student, per course or per programme/Backflush Costing/Average Cost per Unit
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schools/Unit Costs/Activity-Based Costing
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schools/Unit Costs/Calculating Unit Costs using the ABC Method


 * Unit 6: Costing a new course or programme
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Costing a New Course or Programme
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schools/Costing a New Course or Programme/Projecting Student Numbers
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schools/Costing a New Course or Programme/What do we need to account for?
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schools/Costing a New Course or Programme/Treating the Capital Costs of Materials Development
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schools/Costing a New Course or Programme/Marginal Cost
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schools/Costing a New Course or Programme/Crossover Point


 * Unit 7: Budgeting
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Budgeting
 * Costs and Financing in Open Schooling/Budgeting/Incremental Budgeting
 * Costs and Financing in Open Schooling/Budgeting/Zero-Based Budgeting
 * Costs and Financing in Open Schooling/Budgeting/Periodic Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB)
 * Costs and Financing in Open Schooling/Budgeting/Service-Level Budgeting
 * Costs and Financing in Open Schooling/Budgeting/Performance-Based Budgeting


 * Unit 8: Full-time equivalent students
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Full-Time Equivalent Students: establishing a basis of comparison with conventional education
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Full-Time Equivalent Students: establishing a basis of comparison with conventional education/Full-Time Equivalency
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Full-Time Equivalent Students: establishing a basis of comparison with conventional education/Provision of Courses
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Full-Time Equivalent Students: establishing a basis of comparison with conventional education/Preparation for Examinations
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Full-Time Equivalent Students: establishing a basis of comparison with conventional education/Examination Performance
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Full-Time Equivalent Students: establishing a basis of comparison with conventional educationSystems Approach
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Full-Time Equivalent Students: establishing a basis of comparison with conventional education/Summary


 * Unit 9: Efficiency
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Efficiency
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Efficiency and Effectiveness of ODL/What is the Difference between Efficiency and Effectiveness
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Efficiency and Effectiveness of ODL/ Efficiency
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Efficiency and Effectiveness of ODL/Cost-Effectiveness
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Efficiency and Effectiveness of ODL/Cost-Effectiveness of ODL Institutions
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Efficiency and Effectiveness of ODL/Making the Case for ODL


 * Unit 10: Funding open and distance learning
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Funding Open and Distance Learning
 * Costs and Financing in Open Schooling/Funding Open and Distance Learning/Sources of Funding
 * Costs and Financing in Open Schooling/Funding Open and Distance Learning/Government Funding


 * Unit 11: Student fees
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Student Fees
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Student Fees/Legal Basis and Policy Issues
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Student Fees/Determining Fee Levels
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Student Fees/Fee Structure
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Student Fees/Affordability
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Student Fees/Influence of Price on Demand
 * Cost and Financing in Open Schooling/Student Fees/Neediest Students


 * Glossary
 * Glossary


 * Bibliography
 * Bibliography