You know, I don't know why this is so confusing to me. I mean, it makes a lot more sense now, but why do we scrimp and save and not pay for things for the students, when we could spend .5 times the instructors salary. And what does the instructor's salary have to do with how much the overhead is? Aaargh. Oh well.
Hey! What a surprise! Hostile 17! Can I get you a drink, Hostile 17?
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 16, 2011 7:32:40 am PDT #20616 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
-t - Aug 16, 2011 7:32:46 am PDT #20617 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hooray, something I learned in business school was useful to someone!
Sophia Brooks - Aug 16, 2011 7:42:56 am PDT #20618 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Yes, thank you -t! I am such a dummy about this-- and my former boss was too!
sumi - Aug 16, 2011 7:45:11 am PDT #20619 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Amy - if it gets there, please let us know the where, when and what of the TV show. I will totally watch it.
Polter-Cow - Aug 16, 2011 7:55:56 am PDT #20620 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I met Sheryl and her DH last night! They came to my show and enjoyed themselves, verily. Several of my castmates spoke well of them.
Ginger - Aug 16, 2011 8:16:41 am PDT #20621 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
And what does the instructor's salary have to do with how much the overhead is?
I expect this is a rule-of-thumb thing based on the historic costs of classes. They may have found that the total cost of all classes averaged 1.5 times the total cost for instructors. If this was consistent for several years, it's a useful rule of thumb even though it might not apply to every instructor and every class.
Consuela - Aug 16, 2011 8:18:31 am PDT #20622 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Jesse - Aug 16, 2011 8:36:27 am PDT #20623 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And what does the instructor's salary have to do with how much the overhead is? Aaargh. Oh well.
It's an average -- overall, the U. knows it spends X on salaries and .5X on overhead (apparently -- in my experience, overhead is calculated on everything, not just salaries, but I'll go with it). So instead of figuring the exact specifics each time (flyers, IT, whatever), you just use the 52% every time, and it works out over the year.
SuziQ - Aug 16, 2011 8:58:33 am PDT #20624 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Jesse has it. I work with this type of calculation with our engineering projects and we use similar calcuations when deciding to go after a project.
The search CJ was working on Sunday is still continuing (CJ is at school though). He is going nuts, wanting a conclusion.
Consuela - Aug 16, 2011 10:04:35 am PDT #20625 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yoiks. Okay, I finally gave up and went and dumped on The New Boss about My Nemesis. I am informed that I come across as "sharp". (Woops.)
OTOH, he had some good ideas for how to manage working with My Nemesis, even though it's clear they're never going to get rid of her.