Advocacy

#textbookbroke November 16-20, 2020

Post-secondary education is an expensive endeavour: tuition, housing, transportation and other costs can leave many students struggling to make ends meet; having to purchase textbooks (and associated software) on top of this, many with price tags of $150 or more, puts many in a very difficult position. Too often students are forced to delay purchasing these materials, or simply go without them altogether. No student should have to suffer academically due to financial hardship.

Stay tuned this week as we partner with @the_OTSU and @OT_Libraries for #textbookbroke to talk about the high cost of textbooks and the impact on our students.

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We also invite you to please take this short survey on textbook usage and awareness of OER here at Ontario Tech, to assist us in understanding how we can work to meet our student’s needs.

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