OpenTextbookAlliance
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The Open Textbook Alliance is a nationwide coalition of student government leaders who are working to bring open textbooks to college campuses.
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Using #OER allows faculty to customize materials for the best possible student learning experience. Hear from Lauren Slingluff (@Caffeinebrarian) of @uconnlibrary at youtu.be/ZX9hHIDS1Y8
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"If we’re going to address the skyrocketing cost of textbooks, we need to promote free open textbooks, rather than these digital options." Yesterday, we spoke at the State House to advocate for #opentextbooks legislation to help make college more affordable. #textbookbroke
“These publishers are abusing their place in the marketplace and taking advantage of students." - Kaitlyn Vitez @HigherEdPIRG #HigherEd #TextbookBroke vice.com/en_us/article/…
“Students spend roughly $3 billion or about 3% of their $120 billion financial aid a year on textbooks, according to a 2016 @USPIRG report. About 65% of students said they skipped buying a textbook because it was too expensive.” #OER #TextbookBroke marketwatch.com/story/mcgraw-h…
The cost of traditional textbooks has risen 4 times the rate of inflation devastating students academic performance and finances. It is great schools are trying to cut cost but #OER needs to be a bigger part of the equation to help students #textbookbroke albanyherald.com/news/local/alb…
“Of the 60 who attended, 54 self-reported that they would begin using OER”. Once students and faculty become aware of the benefits of #OER the switch from traditional books to OER becomes crystal clear #opentextboks @bosiestatelive arbiteronline.com/the-campus-pus…
Nearly 50% of colleges and universities are using #OER as opposed to traditional textbooks, saving 2.2 million students around $177 million in textbook cost for the upcoming school year #opentextbooks. edscoop.com/nearly-half-of…
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Nearly half of U.S. colleges are using OpenStax textbooks this year | EdScoop
The Rice University-based OER publisher reported that students across 5,160 colleges and universities are saving a combined 77 million on its textbooks.
In March we won $5 million from Congress to fund #OER. The Dept. of Education is now accepting grants to set up pilot programs. The deadline to apply is August 29th, act quickly to improve student's finances and education at your school #opentextbooks. edscoop.com/education-depa…
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Education Department now taking applications for OER higher ed grants | EdScoop
Congress included million in funding for OER pilot programs in its budget earlier this year, with the aim of bringing down the costs of college textbooks.
Professors that utilize the #OER program @UofSC save their students a substantial amount of money, increase the number of students using textbooks, and enhance the educational experience for all in their classroom #opentextbooks. thestate.com/news/local/edu…
Great news for students @sacredheartuniv as the school will use a grant to establish a faculty fellowship in #OER allowing their students to ditch the outdated and inflated traditional textbooks #opentextbooks. sacredheart.edu/aboutshu/news/…
Three years ago, @HerkimerCollege began providing their students #OER textbooks saving students an estimated $1 million. OER are not only superior to traditional textbooks in cost but also can be superior in quality as they can be updated immediately. timestelegram.com/news/20180703/…
New large scale #OER study finds #OERs improve course grades at greater rates and decrease #DFW rates at greater rates for #Pell recipient students and populations historically underserved by #highered. @OpenStax #equity @ALearningGA @NicholasColvard @aacu isetl.org/ijtlhe/pdf/IJT…
A community college in Houston saved their students an estimated $1.5 million in textbook cost through their #OER program. The school said OER has decreased student loan default rates and increased student retention rates each semester #opentextbooks. diverseeducation.com/article/119065/
More schools are encouraging students to use #OER virtually free textbooks, as opposed to traditional textbooks which can cost a student up to $1,400 a year. Advocates note #OER saves student’s money and increase their academic performance #opentexbooks. fox16.com/news/education…
The report by @StudentPIRGs revealing “the cost textbooks has risen more than four times the rate of inflation over the past decade”gained attention from NJ state lawmakers. Using recommendations from the report, NJ lawmakers plan to enact #opentextbooks. njspotlight.com/stories/18/06/…
Students have saved $250,000 over the past two years thanks to the work of #OER to make textbooks virtually free. wdbj7.com/content/news/S…
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Students save $250,000 through textbook-free classes: CVCC
"The typical ITE textbook and resources it would be about $250."
2 years ago @UMDLibraries talked with me about high costs in textbooks. Today @HigherEdPIRG, @MaryPIRG and @UMDSGA were on the Hill talking about solutions. #TextbookBroke
After a student activates an access code, what is their personal info (mis)used for? Applying pressure on faculty. medium.com/u-s-pirg/you-m…
The Rutgers #opentextbooks program has already saved their students $1.6 million buff.ly/2DN0eTc #OER
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