The ACU Provost’s Office and ACU Library announced 5 grantees who will receive support to adopt and adapt open access texts in their classrooms. In the U.S., the cost of textbooks in higher education has risen exponentially. Since 1978, the cost of textbooks has risen 812%, outpacing even the cost of medical services and new housing. Nationally, students spend an average of $1,200 a year on textbooks. The grants will be provided to faculty who are adopting or adapting open access texts in Fall 2018 through high-enrollment courses where quality open access textbooks exists.
Recipients of Alt-Textbook Initiative Grants are:
Dr. Deb Williams, Prof. of Language and Literature; Director of Composition: ENGL 111 Composition and Rhetoric Successful College Composition. Galileo Open Access Materials. Annual Cost Savings: $89,000
Dr. Rusty Towell (’90), Prof. of Engineering and Physics: PHYS 101 Franknoi, A., Morrison, D. Wolff, S.C. (2016). Astronomy. OpenStax. Annual Cost Savings: $100,000
Dr. Mikee Delony, Assoc. Prof. of English, Department of Language and Literature: ENGL 231 World Literature I Various primary e-texts available through open source repositories. Annual Cost Savings: $2,500
Trey Shirley (’08 M. Div.), Director of Cornerstone and Instructor of Art History: ART 221 Art History General Survey 1 Open Source Textbooks TBD Annual Cost Savings: $10,000
Dr. Kyle Dickson, Prof. of English in the Department of Language and Literature: ENGL 221 Major British Writers Survey of English Literature I., oercommons.org Annual Cost Savings: $17,000