Abstract
The high cost of textbooks can impede academic success and contribute to already soaring student debt. Many students at Rutgers and elsewhere in the country choose to delay buying their textbooks or do not buy them at all. Data from the College Board suggests that students at Rutgers are estimated to pay over $1300 for course materials annually, an amount higher than the national average. In 2016, the President of Rutgers University approved the creation of an open and affordable textbook grant program as a one-year pilot. Rutgers University Libraries was asked to administer the grant program on all Rutgers campuses. The program was intended to encourage faculty to replace traditional course materials with open or affordable options, increase awareness of textbook affordability, generate “success stories” that can be used in future textbook affordability and OER initiatives, and develop recommendations and build support for extending the project beyond the one-year pilot. This break out session will describe the creation of the Open and Affordable Textbook Grants at Rutgers University, present preliminary results of the program, and offer tips for other institutions who are interested in creating an affordable textbook initiative. As of early 2017, thirty-two grants have been awarded to faculty across Rutgers, and the courses that will be redesigned as a result of these grants will generate an estimated $1.5 million in student savings over four semesters.
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Adult/Continuing Education, Higher Education, College, Educator
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