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Description of Florida Virtual Campus Survey Chart
- 64.25% of students have not purchased the required textbook for a course because it was too expensive.
- 42.76% of students take fewer courses because the textbooks are too expensive.
- 40.55% of students don't register for a specific course because the textbook is too expensive.
- 35.62% of students felt they earned a poor grade because they could not afford to buy the textbook.
- 22.91% of students dropped a course because the textbook was too expensive.
Our Primary Program
Our Primary Program
From our Round 18 Affordable Materials Grants Request for Proposals:
In recent years, the implementation of no-cost and low-cost materials in place of a commercial textbook has been found to be an effective high-impact practice, either raising student performance or keeping it the same while reducing the cost of course materials to students. Furthermore, at the University of Georgia, the implementation of open educational resources (OER) in place of a commercial textbook have been found to increase educational equity, benefiting students of marginalized races and ethnicities, students in lower-socioeconomic-status families, and part-time students even more than the overall group of students taking a course.
To this end, Affordable Learning Georgia’s Affordable Materials Grants are intended to:
Explore and expand course materials transformation to include the adoption, adaptation, and creation of Open Educational Resources (OER); the adoption of materials available through GALILEO and USG libraries; and the use of other no-cost and low-cost materials.
Provide support and time to faculty instructors, librarians, instructional designers, and other professional staff to meet, plan, review, and implement these approaches.
Work toward equitable access to materials and lower materials costs for students and contribute to their retention, progression, and graduation.
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