| Abstract: | As knowledge expands in many professional fields the provision of continuing education for full-time employed professionals becomes increasingly important. The Stanford Instructional Television System, which entails open air broadcast of programs received by students at their places of employment, represents a feasible alternative for accomplishing the taks of continuing education. The emphasis in this study is on the costs of the system. Costs and utilization for the years 1968 through 1974 are presented along with annual projections to 1987. Two types of cost models are used to analyze this data. The first model provides information of the change in annual total cost with increased student utilization and course hours. The second model provides information on the average costs per student per year, over any assumed project length from any initial year. The two models are consistent. The initial equipment investment was US $ 1,187,300. In 1974 recurrent costs were US $ 206,800 (exclusive of teacher costs) to service 3,762 students and produce 6,290 hours of programs.San Jose State University |
