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Number of Students = 15,500
Increase = 6% i.e. 930
Total Student Body = 16,430
Less: Tuition free scholarships 180
Tuition paying students = 16,250
Credit hours per student per year = 40 (there are two semesters in an year)
Total credit hours = 650,000
Tuition Rate per Hour = $70
Forecasted Tuition Revenue = $455,00,000
2.Number of faculty members needed:
Total Credit Hours = 650,000
Tuition free hours 180*40 = 7,200
Total Hours = 657,200
Number of Students in one class = 20
Credit Hours in each class = 4
Number of classes per teacher = 5
Number of faculty members needed = 657,200/20*4*5
= 1,643
Five actions should be:
Hire part time instructors
Use graduate teaching assistants
Increase Teaching Load
Increase class size
Shift courses to summer session
Shift to course of another university cannot be the strategy to accommodate students
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