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REPORT ON ENROLLMENTS AND COSTS
SUMMER SESSION 1940

In the following tables the student and credit hour enrollment
in each course offered during the summer session is shown. Costs are
figured on the basis of the actual number of hours of work for which
@ record is made in the Registrar's Office. By agreement of the
National Association of Summer School Directors withdrawals from
courses are not included in total costs because the rogistrars gencr-
ally mako no permanent record of summer or short term withdrawals.
This practice is followed only to secure a uniform basis for comput-
ing costs reported to the Association.

Following the plan started three years ago tho number of hours
of incompleted work, failuros and withdrawals.is not listed in detail
for each coursc. The figures are available for these items and can
be furnished if desired. A summary of the totals for cach doportment
is shown in tabular form on pago 24 of this report. The number of
hours of withdrawal shown there for any department may be added to
the total of hours in tho last column of the corresponding dopartmcn-
tal summary to show the full number of hours of registration in the
department. Thore is a considerable amount of incomplete work but
this consists mainly of unfinished problems, research or theses. The
amount of failure in summer session classes is now relatively small.

To further simplify the report, the division of enrollment into
junior colloge, senior college, and graduate hours is omitted. This
division seems to have becn of littlo valuc to the committee and
takes considerable extra work and space. The figures aro tabulated
and can be furnished if desired. A summary by departments is shown
on page 25. This table also shows the summary of credit hours gained
and credit hour costs in each department. This information may be of
value in the consideration of next year's program.

The costs shown include the salaries of instructors and labora-
tory assistants but do not include overhead or maintenance items.
There is so much diversity of practice in handling overhead chargos
that our National Association of Summer School Directors has not
found it possible to include them in reporting costs for comparison.
Throughout the association the cost figure for each department is ob-
taincd by dividing tho total number of hours of ercdit into the total
sun paid for instructional salarios and laboratory assistance in that

department.