A Local University Is Considering Changes to Its Class Structure

question 100

Essay

A local university is considering changes to its class structure in an effort to increase professor productivity. The old schedule had each professor teaching 5 classes per week, with each class meeting an hour per day on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Each class contained 20 students. The new schedule has each professor teaching only 3 classes, but each class meets daily for an hour. New classes contain 50 students.
a. Calculate the labour productivity for the initial situation (students/hour).
b. Calculate the labour productivity for the schedule change (students/hour).
c. Are there any ethical considerations that should be accounted for?
d. Suppose that each teacher also is required to have 2 hours of Office Hours each day he/she taught class. Is the schedule change a productivity increase?

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Definitions:

Meiosis

A process of cell division in sexually reproducing organisms that reduces the number of chromosomes in reproductive cells to half, leading to the production of gametes or spores.

Parental Chromosome Number

The parental chromosome number refers to the specific number of chromosomes found in the genetic material an organism inherits from its parents, typically half from each.

Parent Cell

The cell that divides to give rise to daughter cells during cell division.

Chromosomes

Thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells, made of protein and a single molecule of DNA.