Students save $10 million in textbook costs with OER program
Kayla Gahagan - March 02, 2023
Washtenaw Community College’s (WCC) program to help students earn degrees, certificates and general education credits with little or no textbook costs has recently surpassed the $10 million savings mark.
View Post : Students save $10 million in textbook costs with OER programtags: On The Record, Z-Degree, March 2023, OER, Open Education Resources, Affordability
WCC offers first 'Z-Degree,' associate degree program with zero textbook costs
Rich Rezler - July 29, 2022
Continuing its commitment to keep higher education affordable, WCC has made it possible for a student to earn an associate degree without ever purchasing a textbook.
View Post : WCC offers first 'Z-Degree,' associate degree program with zero textbook coststags: On The Record, Affordability, Open Education Resources, Z-Degree, September 2022
Free textbook program has saved WCC students nearly $9 million since 2017
Fran LeFort - March 07, 2022
Since Fall 2017 when Washtenaw Community College introduced its zero-cost textbook program, students have saved nearly $9 million thanks to 47 courses being taught with an open educational resource (OER).
View Post : Free textbook program has saved WCC students nearly $9 million since 2017tags: March 2022, Affordability, Launch Summer 2022, On The Record, OER, Open Education Resources
WCC is saving students money by creating alternatives to textbooks
Rich Rezler - January 20, 2020
After generating nearly $7 million in student savings over the past three years, faculty and staff at WCC is continuing to expand the college’s Open Education Resource (OER) program.
View Post : WCC is saving students money by creating alternatives to textbookstags: On The Record, Affordability, OER, Open Education Resources, January 2020, Library, ousearch_News_On The Record
Big savings: Textbook alternatives have kept $1.79M in WCC students' pockets; college committed to more
Richard Rezler - February 07, 2018
Kelli Gilbert had a tough decision to make. If she spent $360 on the four textbooks she needed for classes at Washtenaw Community College, she wouldn’t have enough money left to pay the car insurance bill that had come due.
View Post : Big savings: Textbook alternatives have kept $1.79M in WCC students' pockets; college committed to moretags: Textbooks, On The Record, February 2018, OER, Savings, Open Education Resources, ousearch_News_On The Record