Rogue Community College students saved over $3 million in courses with the no-cost/low-cost schedule designation during the 2021-23 biennium. Thank you to the instructors and support staff who make this important work possible!
As Rogue Community College works to make learning more student-centered and equitable, it’s important to share the impact of the institution’s participation in Oregon’s statewide Open Educational Resources (OER) program. There are more details in the institutional report.
Here are some of the reasons that Open Oregon Educational Resources is celebrating textbook affordability wins at Rogue Community College:
- Known adoptions at Rogue Community College.
- Statewide OER grants at Rogue Community College since 2015 have saved 2,028 students an estimated $193,653.
- Students at Rogue Community College are estimated to have saved $3,204,500 in courses with the no-cost/low-cost schedule designation from 2021-23, out of a statewide aggregated estimate of about $70 million.
And here are three things that you can do to support affordable textbooks and open education at RCC:
- Read the attached report (the executive summary is one page).
- Publicly thank the OER champions at RCC.
- Meet with RCC’s OER point person, Laura Haga-Duffy, to talk about your textbook affordability initiative. You may reach her at lhduffy@roguecc.edu. I am also happy to join a meeting to provide support with policy implementation for the no-cost/low-cost schedule designation, textbook affordability plans, and on-time adoption targets.
— Amy Hofer, OpenOregon Statewide Open Education Program Director