Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Idaho, Summer 2006. / Major professor: Martha C. Yopp. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-154). Also available online in PDF format.

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Cost behavior analysis was used to operationalize higher education cost factors in the analysis of instructional costs of three baccalaureate nursing programs in one state university system. Higher education cost factors were conceptualized by Robinson, Ray and Turk (1977) to be three; volume, decision, and environmental. The 30 variables derived from the three factors were the independent variables used in this study to explore their influence on the dependent variables of cost per student credit hour and cost per student contact hour. Several data sources were used, including a questionnaire which elicited program administrator's perceptions of the relative importance of the three factors to their instructional costs. Instructional costs were partitioned into direct and indirect costs. The data were analyzed in three phases to describe the relative influence of the independent variables on instructional costs within programs, among programs, relative to their respective institutions, and to their respective classification of institutions. The findings suggest that volume and decision factors more strongly influence costs than do environmental factors. The mix of volume and decision factors influencing costs differed for the three programs. In general, the most influential volume factors on costs were the number and frequency of course and class offerings. The most influential of the decision variables was student-faculty ratio and faculty rank mix. Higher full-time-equivalent enrollments and higher student credit hour production did not correspond to lower instructional costs, largely because of intervening decision factor variables. All three nursing programs were more costly per student credit hour when indexed to the average instructional expenditures for their respective universities. However, when the nursing program costs were indexed to the average instructional expenditures per full-time-equivalent enrollments of their respective institutional classifications, all three nursing programs were lower than the average. The model of instructional cost analysis used in this modified case study proved to be effective in identifying sources of higher costs within programs and variations among the programs. For student contact hour intensive programs such as nursing, student contact hour, as opposed to the student credit hour is recommended as the more sensitive measure of direct instructional costs.

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Thesis (MEd (Staff Development))--University of South Australia, 1995

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Toronto, 2004. / Adviser: Brent Kilbourn.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--George Mason University, 2008. / Vita: p. 162. Thesis director: Jeanne Sorrell. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed July 8, 2008). Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-161). Also issued in print.

Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Auburn University, 2006. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographic references (ℓ.102-115).

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1967. / Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Mildred L. Montag. Dissertation Committee: Margaret A. Lindsey. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 202-213).

Thesis (Ph. D., Education)--University of Idaho, May 2008. / Major professor: Charles Gagel. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-131). Also available online (PDF file) by subscription or by purchasing the individual file.