OER & Reducing Student Debt
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Discussion about OER as a solution to student debt at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Leadership Summit
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OER & Reducing Student Debt
- 1. OER & Reducing Student Debt Nicole Allen Director of Open Education October 26, 2016 • Austin, TX Except where otherwise noted...
- 3. Data Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
- 4. Average Estimated Full-Time Undergraduate Budgets (Enrollment-Weighted) Books & Supplies: $1,364 @ Public Two-Year $1,298 @ Public Four-Year
- 6. “the straw that broke the camel’s back”
- 8. 2 in 3 Students say they decided against buying a textbook because the cost is too high Source: Student PIRGs
- 9. 1 in 2 Students say they have at some point taken fewer courses due to the cost of textbooks Source: Florida Virtual Campus
- 10. <1 in 2 Students purchase a current edition of their textbook Source: Book Industry Study Group
- 11. students can’t learn from books they can’t afford
- 14. OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Free + Reuse Rights • Retain • Reuse • Revise • Remix • Redistribute
- 15. Hewlett Foundation Definition: “OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or are released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and repurposing by others”
- 21. open.umn.edu
- 24. • Higher or equivalent grades • Higher average credit load • Higher or equivalent completion rates openedgroup.org
- 25. Nicole Allen nicole@sparcopen.org @txtbks | @sparc_na www.sparcopen.org
Editor's Notes
- Source: http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2016/college-tuition-and-fees-increase-63-percent-since-january-2006.htm#tab-1
- Source: https://trends.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/trends-college-pricing-web-final-508-2.pdf
- Further discussed in: http://mfeldstein.com/how-much-do-college-students-actually-pay-for-textbooks/.
- Source http://www.uspirg.org/reports/usp/fixing-broken-textbook-market
- Source http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf
- Less than half of college students now purchase a current version of their assigned textbook – opting for older editions or unauthorized copies – down from 62% in 2010. Book Industry Study Group (2013). Student Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education, Volume Three [press release]. http://www.bisg.org/news-5-815-press-releasestudent-response-to-digital-textbooks-climbs-says-new-bisg-study.php
- https://openstax.org/details?principles-economics
- http://www.nacs.org/portals/nacs/uploaded_images/pr/pressreleases/OpenStax_image.jpg
- http://open.umn.edu/
- http://www.affordablelearninggeorgia.org/about/about_us
- http://openedgroup.org/review http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12528-015-9101-x http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicole-allen/college-textbooks-do-you_b_8261086.html