OPEN TEXTBOOKSAccess, Affordability, and Academic Success

David Ernst, PhD

“…higher education shall beequally accessible to all…”

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations) - http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/

The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED529499.pdf

The cost barrier kept

2.4 millionlow and moderate-income college-qualified high school graduates from completing college in the previous decade.

http://www.sheeo.org

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Institute for College Access and Success http://projectonstudentdebt.org/files/pub/Student_Debt_and_the_Class_of_2012_NR.pdf

Federal Reserve http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g19/Current/

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The average student can expect to pay

$1,200on textbooks and course materials in 2014-15.

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/pay-for-college/college-costs/quick-guide-college-costs

What do you think about the cost of textbooks?

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The Academic ImpactPurchase an older edition of the textbookDelay purchasing the textbookNever purchase the textbook

"I figured French hadn't changed that much.”

-U of MN Student

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of students report that they have had to wait for their financial aid check to purchase textbooks.

Unpublished Minnesota State University Student Association survey

Have you ever delayed purchasing a textbook because of cost?

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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 textbook

49.2% 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

What if…

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But wait, there’s more!

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Open Textbooks

Where does the funding come from?Universities (Rice University, 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

What can we do?• Look to see if there’s a book that will work for your students. Adopt if you can.

• Raise awareness - talk with colleagues in your program and department

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