Federal funding to promote free textbooks, ease affordability concerns โ€“ The GW Hatchet

lkfitz's bookmarks 2018-04-09

Summary:

"Students could soon have access to more affordable textbooks after the federal government set aside money to expand freely available course materials.

President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill last month, which included $5 million for a pilot program on open educational resources that would give grants to universities to offer free textbooks."

Link:

https://www.gwhatchet.com/2018/04/09/federal-funding-to-promote-free-textbooks-ease-affordability-concerns/

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oa.new oa.government oa.usa oa.funding oa.funders.public oa.textbooks oa.oer oa.prices oa.universities oa.books oa.funders oa.hei

Date tagged:

04/09/2018, 11:00

Date published:

04/09/2018, 07:00