Proposta de Modelo de Análise de Viabilidade Financeira de Cursos a Distância, MS

Abstract

Institutions of higher learning (IHL) in Brazil have suffered from idleness in classroom courses, mainly due to the higher number of places offered in the last ten years. Many IHL consider the distance education, and regionalization strategy that this method enables, a way to maintain or increase their margins. However, the development and operation of these courses require expertise not normally found in traditional classroom structure of institutions. Thus, most managers of IHL find some difficulty in financial planning of the distance education project and its feasibility analysis, this occurs because of the complexity and the amount of variables that impact the definition of income and all expenses, including items from tutors to reviewers, editors, cameramen etc. In this context, this study presents a complete breakdown of the variables that influence the financial outcomes of a distance learning course. The assumptions of the variables are divided into five groups: Organizational Management, Content Development, Information Technology, Mentoring and Market, and its valuation distributed among income, investments and costing. Further it also performed simulations and analysis of financial results to a better practical understanding of the model