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Open TextbooksAccess, Affordability, and Academic Success
David Ernst, PhDUniversity of Minnesota
@dernstBy David Ernst. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
–United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
“…higher education shall be equally accessible to all…”
The cost barrier kept
2.4 millionlow and moderate-income college-qualified
high school graduates from completing college in the previous decade.
The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED529499.pdf
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$9,000US Higher Education Funding - $/FTE
State Funding Tuition Revenuehttp://www.sheeo.org
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State Funding Tuition Revenuehttp://www.sheeo.org
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The average borrower owes more than
$29,400in student loans (class of 2012).
Institute for College Access and Success http://projectonstudentdebt.org/files/pub/Student_Debt_and_the_Class_of_2012_NR.pdf
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Consumer Revolving Credit Student Loan Debt
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Federal Reserve http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g19/Current/
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Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/cpi/
http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/freshman-year/college-textbook-prices-have-risen-812-percent-1978-n399926
The average student can expect to pay
$1,225 - $1,328on textbooks and course materials in 2014-15.
http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2014-15
Colorado State University = $1,140
http://sfs.colostate.edu/cost-of-attendance
The Academic Impact
Purchase an older edition of the textbookDelay purchasing the textbookNever purchase the textbook
59%of students report that they have had to wait for their financial aid check to
purchase textbooks.
Unpublished Minnesota State University Student Association survey
7/10students surveyed hadn’t bought a
required textbook due to cost.
http://www.slideshare.net/txtbks/open-education-and-solving-the-textbook-cost-crisis
63.6% Not purchase the required textbook49.2% Take fewer courses45.1% Not register for a specific course33.9% Earn a poor grade26.7% Drop a course17.0% Fail a course
In your academic career, has the cost of required textbooks caused you to:
http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf
Where does the funding come from?
Universities (SUNY, Purdue, Oregon State)Foundations (Hewlett Foundation)Governments (California, British Columbia)Professional Organizations (CALI)
Introductory, algebra-based, two-semester college physics
1272 pages
Available inPDFePubPrintWeb
Bookshare (accessible)
Instructor solution manual
Powerpoint slides
“All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first
1,000 days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our
lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.”- John F. Kennedy
January 20, 1961
Z-DegreeTidewater Community College - Norfolk, Virginia
Fall 2013
21 zero textbook cost “Z-courses”=
Z-degree(associate of science degree in business administration)
Z-DegreeDrop and withdrawal rates
Access to all course materials from the first day of class.
C or better grade
Cost (25% - $3679)
Cal Poly San Luis ObispoCleveland State UniversityColorado State University
Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
Macalester CollegeMinnesota State College and
Universities (34)North Dakota University System (11)
The Ohio State UniversityOregon Community Colleges (17)
Oregon State University
Purdue UniversityTemple University
University of ArizonaUniversity of Kansas
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of MinnesotaUniversity of Northwestern St.
PaulUniversity of Oklahoma
University of WashingtonVirginia Tech
West Virginia University
Open Textbook Network
What can we do?
Take a look!Adopt if a book meets the needs of you and your studentsRaise awareness - talk with colleagues in your program and department
David [email protected]
@dernst
Open Textbook Library: open.umn.edu
Open Textbook Network: @open_textbooks
By David Ernst. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.