Separation of Lanthanides/ Lanthanides and Actinides
The Textbook Cost Crisis #ZTCDegree
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textbook
cost crisis
Nicole Allen (nicole@sparc.arl.org)
Director of Open Education, SPARC
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Figure 1: Estimated Increases in New College Textbook Prices, College Tuition and
Fees, and Overall Consumer Price Inflation, 2002 to 2012
prices grew by 28 percent.
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Market Failure
5 major
publishers hold
nearly 90% of
the market
Source: Turning the Page by James Koch
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“less than one third of students
believed that using e-textbooks
significantly improved their
learning or engagement in a
course”
Market Failure
Source: EDUCAUSE
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2 in 3
Students say they decided against
buying a textbook because the cost is
too high
Source: Student PIRGs
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1 in 2
Students say they have at some point
taken fewer courses due to the cost of
textbooks
Source: Florida Virtual Campus
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<1 in 2
Students purchase a current
edition of their textbook
Source: Book Industry Study Group
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Hewlett Foundation Definition:
“OER are teaching, learning, and
research resources that reside in the
public domain or are released under an
intellectual property license that permits
their free use and repurposing by
others”
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Hewlett Foundation Definition:
“OER are teaching, learning, and
research resources that reside in the
public domain or are released under an
intellectual property license that permits
their free use and repurposing by
others”
We're going to take a step back to talk about research more broadly, and how to connect the dots between openness in education and the importance of openness in research -- so what exactly that means, and how it's relevant to you on campus.
Data and image source: http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2014-15
Tuition – just over half – well under half
Data and image source: http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2014-15
8% total, 17% tuition
Data and image source: http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2014-15
5% total, 12% tutition
Koch, J. (2013). Turning the Page. http://www.luminafoundation.org/publications/Turning_the_page.pdf
EDUCAUSE (2013). Understanding What Higher Education Needs from E-Textbooks: An EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Pilot. http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/understanding-what-higher-education-needs-e-textbooks-educauseinternet2-pilot
Less than half of college students now purchase a current version of their assigned textbook – opting for older editions or unauthorized copies – down from 62% in 2010.
Book Industry Study Group (2013). Student Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education, Volume Three [press release]. http://www.bisg.org/news-5-815-press-releasestudent-response-to-digital-textbooks-climbs-says-new-bisg-study.php
Data and image source: http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2014-15
2012 13,473,743 undergrad fall enrollment at public institutions
Source: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d13/tables/dt13_303.70.asp
Approx. $90 savings per student per course
Source: Hilton III, J. L., Robinson, T. J., Wiley, D., & Ackerman, J. D. (2014). Cost-savings achieved in two semesters through the adoption of open educational resources. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 15(2). http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1700