Role of Mass Media in Higher Education & its Economic Viability - Part - 4 Unit Cost Analysis

Abstract

This study has been undertaken with an aim to find out whether the role of mass media in higher education could make it Economically viable. For this purpose, it has been considered necessary to analyze the cost per student in conventional system of education and to compare the cost per student in distance and open system of higher education, which has been using mass media for its inputs. To analyze the cost of education in conventional system , one renowned Universities data(during Paradigm Shift years) has been selected for study, further in Distance Education category, IGNOU data has been chosen for analysis, finally on the basis of available data (during that time) Unit C ost per student worked out f or Economic Viability . Here years span selected for data was those which can be consider as "Paradigm Shift Era" for Indian Education System.