OPEN TEXTBOOKS
ACCESS, AFFORDABILITY, AND
ACADEMIC SUCCESS
Tanya Grosz, Ph.D.
University of Northwestern - St. Paul
By David Ernst. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Tanya Grosz, Ph.D.
Dean of Graduate, Online & Adult Learning at
University of Northwestern - St. Paul
● Faculty in English and Education departments
● Ph.D. in Education and Teaching Online
● Oversees team of instructional designers in an Online Learning Office
comprised of 5 instructional designers & technologists
● Runs the largest online dual enrollment program in the state of MN
● Uses a master course template model (multiple sections of the same
course) with Quality Matters and a Credit Hour Calculator for quality
control
● Rolled out first Z degree in MN in 2015 (more on this later!)
“…higher
education shall be
equally
accessible to all”
The cost barrier kept
2.4 million
low and moderate-income college-qualified
high school graduates from completing
college in the previous decade.
The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED529499.pdf
● Study of 3,000 young adults who
entered public institutions in Wisconsin
in 2008 with the support of federal aid
and Pell Grants.
● Half of the students in the study left
college without a degree, while less
than 20% finished within five years
(Goldrick-Rab, 2016).
http://www.sheeo.org
Higher Education Funding - US
http://www.sheeo.org
Higher Education Funding - Colorado
The average borrower owes more than
$28,699
in student loans (class of 2016).
https://ticas.org/posd/map-state-data#overlay=posd/state_data/2017/oh
Iowa State University = $27,643
Federal Reserve http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g19/Current/
What can we do?
Tuition and Fees
Room and Board
Books and Supplies
Personal Expenses
Transportation
What can we do?
Tuition and Fees
Room and Board
Books and Supplies
Personal Expenses
Transportation
Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/cpi/
http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/freshman-year/college-textbook-prices-have-risen-812-percent-1978-n399926
The average student should budget
$1,220 - $1,420
for textbooks and course materials in 2017-18.
https://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2017-18
http://www.njit.edu/financialaid/eligibility/costofattendance.php
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What do you think about the cost of textbooks?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d6HTN6llgo
Coping with the Cost
• Purchase an older edition of the textbook
• Delay purchasing the textbook
• Never purchase the textbook
• Share the textbook with other students
• Download textbooks from the internet
–U of MN Student
"I figured French hadn't changed
that much.”
59%
of students report that they have had to wait for
their financial aid check to purchase textbooks.
Unpublished Minnesota State University Student Association survey
Have you ever delayed purchasing a
textbook because of cost?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjaTJC8z
ZJ4
7/10
students surveyed hadn’t bought a required
textbook due to cost.
http://www.slideshare.net/txtbks/open-education-and-solving-the-textbook-cost-crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4IswNs0WWE
In your academic career, has the cost of
required textbooks caused you to:
2012 2016
63.6% 66.5% Not purchase the required textbook
49.2% 47.6% Take fewer courses
45.1% 45.5% Not register for a specific course
33.9% 37.6% Earn a poor grade
26.7% 26.1% Drop a course
17.0% 19.8% Fail a course
http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf
● Student teaching, told we couldn’t afford
books for the class.
● High school English teacher, told we
couldn’t afford the books I wanted to
teach.
● At the college level, some students
couldn’t afford the books I wanted them to
buy, so they went without.
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“How are your students
supposed to learn with
materials they can’t afford
and are not buying?”
Nicole Allen
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Other models…
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Where does the funding come from?
➢Universities (SUNY, Umass Amherst,
Portland State, …)
➢Foundations (Hewlett, Gates, …)
➢Governments (state, federal, New York!)
➢Institutional Consortia (CALI)
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open.umn.edu
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13 Peer Reviewed Studies of Efficacy
http://openedgroup.org/
119,720 Students
http://openedgroup.org/
95% Same or Better Outcomes
http://openedgroup.org/
University of Georgia
Pell eligible
students
+12.3%
Non-Pell eligible
students
+7.4%
All Students +8.6%
-2.05%
-4.43%
-2.68%
Δ Grade Δ DFW
The Impact of Open Educational Resources on Various Student Success Metrics
Change from non-OER to OER
Introductory, algebra-based, two-semester
college physics
1272 pages
Available in
PDF
ePub
Print
Web
Bookshare (accessible)
Instructor solution manual
Powerpoint slides
What else can you do with a
license?
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PM4ID
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University of Northwestern’s
Open Initiative
We implemented a three-pronged strategy and partnered with
the Open Textbook Network to conduct two faculty workshops
and one staff (instructional designer and librarian) workshop:
1. Raise faculty awareness
• student debt
• cost of textbooks
• use of textbooks
2. Partner with the library
3. Adopt open textbooks
Progress Since Fall 2015
● 56 adoptions
● Institutional savings of over $349,000 (PSEO)
● Student savings of over $487,000
● One Z degree
● Joined publishing cooperative to publish our first
open philosophy text
What can we do?
What can we do?
• Take a look!
• Write a review!
• Adopt if a book meets the needs of you and
your students
• Raise awareness - talk with colleagues in
your program and department
Writing a Review
Is there is a textbook in the Open Textbook Library
that fits your class and/or expertise?
Incentive will be paid for:
1. attending this workshop, and
2. reviewing a textbook in the Open Textbook
Library
Writing a Review
1. You will receive an email with a link to the
online review form.
2. Complete a concise review by
3. The review will be posted on the Open
Textbook Library under an open license.
4. Incentive will be paid.
Tanya Grosz
tlgrosz@unwsp.edu
Slides: http://slideshare.net/
Open Textbook Library: open.umn.edu
By David Ernst. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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