Posted: August 7th, 2016

Southeastern Oklahoma State University’s business program has the facilities and faculty to handle an enrolment of 2,000 new students per semester.

Southeastern Oklahoma State University’s business program has the facilities and faculty to handle an enrolment of 2,000 new students per semester. However, in an effort to limit class sizes to a “reasonable” level (under 200, generally), Southeaster’s dean, Holly Lutze, placed a ceiling on enrolment of 1,500 new students. Although there was ample demand for business courses last semester, conflicting schedules allowed only 1,450 new students to take business courses. What are the utilization and efficiency of this system?