Academic Program Planning Workshop

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Academic Program Planning Workshop
August 21, 2002
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Range of Pricing/Tuition Options

• In General
• Standard Tuition Rates
• Differential Tuition
• Distance Education
• Service Based Pricing
• Other--Contract Courses, Continuing Ed, Etc...

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Range of Pricing/Tuition Options

• Standard Tuition Rates
• Set by Board of Regents
• Increase by annual tuition increases

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Range of Pricing/Tuition Options

• Differential Tuition
• A rate in excess of standard tuition rates
• Unique programs
• Special operating costs
• Require Board of Regents Approval and Student
  Involvement

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Range of Pricing/Tuition Options

• Distance Education
• Programming provided exclusively for distance
  education (50 or more DE)
• Course or Program
• Price is set by institution
• Other than access for resident undergraduates,
  programming should be priced on cost-recovery
  basis at a minimum

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Range of Pricing/Tuition Options

• Service Based Pricing
• Applies to graduate and non-traditional for
  credit programming (degrees or certificates)
• Provides additional services beyond traditional
  offerings (content, delivery, ancillary services)
• Priced to take into account fixed and variable
  costs over life cycle of program (150 of
  standard tuition is the floor but hoped that
  tuition would reflect market prices)
• Require approval of UW System President

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Range of Pricing/Tuition Options

• Other--Contract Courses, Continuing Ed, Etc
• Contract courses more short term or targeted
  than Service Based Pricing and must be priced to
  cover costs.

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Which Pricing Mechanism is Appropriate?

• In General
• Design the appropriate content, delivery method,
  and ancillary services that are needed to serve
  the target market before deciding on pricing
  mechanism
• We dont want pricing driving programming!
• Some thought to pricing may help shape end
  product

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Which Pricing Mechanism is Appropriate?
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What is the Process I Need to Follow?
Standard Tuition default tuition rate upon
program approval Differential Tuition
Chancellor must present the proposal at two
administrative staff meetings, a formal request
needs to be made to UWSA, and approved by Board
of Regents Distance Education Consult campus DE
processes and UWSA has developed pricing tools.
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What is the Process I Need to Follow?
Service Based Pricing Must be submitted to UWSA,
probably just before program approval is
requested, and requires UW System President
approval Contract Courses Policies on web FAP
44, consult campus process.
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Summary

• We dont want pricing driving programming!
• Approval on pricing request does not replace
  program approval
• Most definitions and processes are contained in
  ACIS 5.4 revised and available on line.
• Differential Tuition policy document will be
  consolidated and made available on line.

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