A University Schedules Summer School Courses Based on Anticipated Enrollment

question 8

Short Answer

A university schedules summer school courses based on anticipated enrollment.The cost for faculty compensation,laboratories,student services,and allocated overhead for a computer class is $8500.If students pay $920 to enroll in the course,how large would enrollment have to be for the university to break even?

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Definitions:

Convexity

The curvature of the price–yield relationship of a bond.

Yield

The annual percentage yield received from an investment, including interest or dividends, relative to the cost of that investment.

Rate Anticipation Swap

A switch made between bonds of different durations in response to forecasts of interest rates.

Portfolio Duration

A measure of the sensitivity of a portfolio's value to changes in interest rates, often used for managing the interest rate risk.