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Tag: Textbooks
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Textbooks Will Be Free For Two Years at North Carolina A&T Through B&N Partnership
Free textbooks will be available to undergraduates at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, through a partnership with Barnes & Noble College and its “BNC First Day Complete” program. The program provides “an innovative course material delivery model” that ensures students have all the materials they need […]
June 18, 2021
News Roundup
Rice University’s Open Resources Program Welcomes New Cohort of Universities
A dozen new colleges and universities will join in on Rice University’s educational technology initiative OpenStax, which helps provide open educational resources, textbooks and technologies to universities. “This OpenStax program has helped over 70 colleges and universities expand the use of open educational resources on their campuses, saving their students money and putting more flexible […]
June 3, 2021
News Roundup
Zero-Textbook-Cost Associate Degree Programs Offered at Six Minnesota Community Colleges
Six Minnesota community colleges are now offering two-year degree programs with courses using free educational material, removing the need to buy textbooks, The Star Tribune reported. Anoka-Ramsey Community College; Lake Superior College; Minneapolis Community and Technical College; Mesabi Range College and Northland Community and Technical College started offering Z-degrees – zero-textbook-cost associate programs – this […]
October 29, 2020
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Report: More Faculty are Making the Shift to Digital Classroom Resources
Within the last five years, more courses at higher education institutions are choosing to make the shift from the use of print to digital textbooks, according to new research by Bay View Analytics.
March 24, 2020
News Roundup
College in Missouri Unveils Free-Textbook Program
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Students taking online or evening classes at a private college in central Missouri will no longer have to pay extra fees or for textbooks with the school’s new program. Columbia College President Scott Dalrymple says the school was looking at how to make college more affordable by getting rid of extra fees […]
May 14, 2018
News Roundup
Textbook Costs To Drop Under University of Missouri Plan
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Students on the four University of Missouri campuses will soon be paying less for textbooks. University system President Mun Choi wants to use more open-source learning material written by experts, vetted by their peers and posted for free downloading. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that Choi said Wednesday that the goal is […]
March 26, 2018
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