GCC Promotes Free Textbooks for Students and Faculty Fellowships | Marketing, Publications & Web

"If you haven’t shopped for textbooks in a college bookstore recently, you’re likely to experience sticker shock. The average new textbook at Greenfield Community College’s college bookstore now costs $121.03. Across the U.S., textbook prices have risen 812% since 1978, outpacing increases in costs of housing and healthcare. This spring, a new softcover textbook for GCC’s Psychology 101 courses cost $175 before taxes. In the fall 2016 semester, online or PDF versions textbooks for Psych 101 courses taught by GCC’s three full-time faculty will be FREE to students. By choosing to use free, open-access, peer-reviewed course materials, the three professors estimate they will save GCC students approximately $200,000 over the next three years (assuming their students would have bought new textbooks) ..."