Affordable textbooks: A policy guide
Senack, Ethan · The Student Public Interest Research Groups [corporate] · U.S. PIRG Education Fund [corporate]
| Published | March 2014 |
| Periodical | Pages 1-18 |
| Publisher | Center for Public Interest Research, Inc. |
| Country | United States, North America |
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this guide is to provide policy guidance to thought-leaders and decision-makers from all levels of institutions and government – from individual campuses considering policies that support open textbook use and development to state legislators that are considering approaches to making textbooks more affordable.This guide contains:
• Issue Background
• Open Textbook Policy Ideas
• Key Constituencies & Addressing Their Concerns
• Additional Components of a Good Policy
• Sample Policies
| Keywords | adoption of open textbooks · affordable textbooks · higher education · MOST Initiative · OER quality · OER textbooks · open textbook policy · sample OER policy |
| Published at | Washington, DC |
| Rights | by/4.0 |
| URL | http://www.studentpirgs.org/reports/sp/affordable-textbooks-policy-guide |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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