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YC Program Saves Students Millions on Textbooks

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In June 2021, the Open Textbooks for Rural Arizona project was awarded 1,218 from the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). In August 2022, that amount was increased by [post_excerpt],198,782 for a total of million. Led by Yavapai College, this regional collaborative of eight community colleges developed Open Educational Resources, or OERs, to reduce the amount of money students must spend on textbooks. The other institutions that partnered with Yavapai College were Arizona Western College, Central Arizona College, Cochise College, Coconino Community College, Eastern Arizona College, Mohave College, and Northland Pioneer College. "We...

 

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