Leadership Academy Series

Leadership Academy Series

Introduction to FTES

For a typical semester long 3 credit lecture class:

·  Full time equivalent student (FTES): 1 FTES = 262.50 + 262.50 = 525 hours

·  Fall term: 17.5 weeks x 15 hours (1 FTES) = 262.50 hours

·  Spring Term: 17.5 weeks x 15 hours (1FTES) = 262.50 hours

·  Full time equivalent faculty (FTEF): 1 FTEF = 15 hours per week for 17.5 weeks x 2 semester = 525 hours

Weekly Student Contact Hours – WSCH – semester long class:

·  Weekly Contact Hours (WCH) x Number of Students x Term Length Multiplier

·  3 Hours x 30 students x 17.5 = 1, 575

·  1,575 WCH/525 = 3.0 FTES

For a 3 unit, semester long, credit lecture class (Weekly Census Attendance Accounting):

·  Class A = 25 students at census = 2.5 FTES x $4,564.82 = $11,412

·  Class B = 30 students at census = 3.0 FTES x $4,564.82 = $13,694

·  Class C = 35 students at census = 3.5 FTES x $4,564.82 = $15,977

Note: For revenue per students, one also needs to account for non-resident students. For general budgeting purposes, many other factors come into play.

Revenue per FTES:

·  One credit FTES brings $ 4,564.82 in revenue

·  One enhanced no-credit FTES brings $ 3,232.96 in revenue

·  One non-credit FTES bring in $ 2,744.07 in revenue

·  Audit fee per student per class: for 1 unit = $15 and for 3-unit = $45 in revenue

Definitions related to attendance accounting:

·  Census: A reporting snapshot in time at approximately the 20% point in a course.

·  Weekly Census Method (WSCH): Attendance accounting using weekly student contact hours times the number of students, used for regularly scheduled classes that are semester length.

·  Daily student contact hours (DSCH): Attendance accounting using the daily meeting time contact hour times the number of students in a class, for regularly scheduled course sections that are less than semester length but more than five days.

·  Positive attendance method (PA): Attendance accounting based on actual hours of student attendance. Used for classes that do not meet regularly or are open entry/open exit (seat time). Non-credit courses and open entry open exit courses attendance accounting is calculated based on the positive attendance method.

·  Alternative Attendance Method: Attendance accounting using units instead of contact hours. Used, for example, for most online lecture courses.

Dr. Celine PinetApril 2015