BMCC News | BMCC Secures Tax Levy Funding for Free Textbook Program

"The Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) Open Educational Resources (OER) has received official notification that it will receive $371,750 in tax levy funding from the City University of New York Office of Academic Affairs.

The funds are part of a greater $8 million state of New York investment that seeks to convert both CUNY and the State University of New York (SUNY) course textbook materials to OER. CUNY and SUNY each received $4 million from the state. The goal of the funding is to develop, enhance and institutionalize new and ongoing OER initiatives across CUNY and establish CUNY as a national leader in the OER movement according to the notification letter from the CUNY Office of Academic Affairs."