OER/ZTC Research and Student Impact
In the News
Cosumnes River College has been featured in ABC 10's "To the Point" series. Reporter, Devin Trubey, highlights CRC's goal to become a ZTC college, a recent grant to provide affordable housing to students, opt-out scheduling, and more.
Other News Stories
Campus offers several ways to access textbooks by Valencia Luviano (The Connection, January 2024)
Zero Textbook Cost program continues to grow by Seth Henderson (The Connection, September 2023)
Zeroing In: CRC Eyes Textbook-Free Future with Access-Focused Initiative (North Far North Regional Consortium News, July 2023)
Zero Textbook Cost program continues to grow and receive positive feedback by Asyah Zamani (The Connection, April 2023)
Campus Zero Textbook Cost Program grows to include over 40 percent of faculty by Victoria Truesdale (The Connection, October 2022)
Open educational resources help students save money by Rianne Herrera (The Connection, May 2022)
Hear Andi Adkins Pogue's Keynote Address at the Cal OER 2023 Conference
Hear from students and faculty about how Zero Textbook Costs make a difference.
Hear CRC President, Dr. Edward Bush's fall 2022 Convocation message focusing on ZTC.
This infographic is best viewed in Firefox or Edge. If the image is jumping in your browser, you can also view it full screen: ZTC at CRC Fall 2022 Report. The Office of Research and Equity provides full research reports on its website. OER/ZTC research includes:
Initial Evaluation of the Impact of Textbook Costs on Course Success and Student Persistence (2022)
CRC HawkDash Data Dashboard (ZTC filter is included in enrollment and success data)