Tennessee Tech University students saved more than $148,855 in one semester thanks to the work of professors who moved from traditional textbooks to open resources.
Eight professors received a Tennessee Board of Regents’ Open Educational Resources Grant for spring 2022 and used it to reduce textbook costs to zero for 981 students.
“We chose faculty from different colleges, so this is reaching out through the whole campus,” said Amy Miller, assistant director for the Provost Office, Study Abroad Programs.
Tennessee Tech was awarded the $30,000 grant that helped train faculty and provide a faculty stipend of $2,700 for transitioning courses from textbooks to open educational resources. The grant is renewable, and the university will reapply this year, according to Miller.
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