Important Data

Full tracking of zero-textbook-cost and low-textbook-cost sections started in spring 2022 with a functioning search filter for ZTC and LTC sections by semester and by college in CLASSWEB. Our numbers indicated a steady increase of the total number of ZTC/LTC sections.

We have been able to map out ZTC pathways for CSU GE, AA/AS GE, and IGETC making it possible for students to work towards ZTC degrees at Chabot.  More than 40 degrees and certificates (this is almost 20% of the total) are at 50% or more ZTC courses for their programs. 

At least four disciplines (Communication Studies, Early Childhood Development, French, and Spanish) are working to make their entire program ZTC. Currently, we have identified at least 3 transfer degrees and 1 certificate already fully ZTC: 

• AA-T Anthropology

• AA-T Communication Studies

• COA Family Child Care Entrepreneurship

• AA-T Sociology

Estimated Savings

Our continous steady increase in the number of ZTC/LTC sections has impacted an estimated total number of more than 37,000 students in 5,455 sections with a projected accumulative savings of $3,412,200.