FIU joins national movement to reduce cost of books

lterrat's bookmarks 2017-08-05

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Posted by Jennifer Lacayo × 08/04/2017 at 12:26 pm
 

On average, college students spend between $600 and $1,400 on textbooks each year, according to the College Board. These costs contribute to mounting student debt and cause some students to take longer than four years to graduate.

FIU has put in place a number of measures to help students manage costs and graduate on time, including some specifically aimed at reducing the cost of books.

The latest is FIU’s partnership with OpenStax Institutional Partnership Programs, which encourages the creation and use of free, peer-reviewed, open source textbooks. FIU is one of 11 universities invited to participate in this strategic partnership in 2017-2018, which provides consulting services and technical support to improve and augment FIU’s open educational resources, while making them available to students elsewhere."

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https://news.fiu.edu/2017/08/fiu-joins-national-movement-to-reduce-cost-of-books/114095

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Date tagged:

08/05/2017, 22:48

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08/05/2017, 18:48