By Steve Kolowich, Inside HIgher Ed
The Washington State community and technical college system there celebrated the first major landmark in a state-funded push for open courses that it expects will save students hundreds per year in textbook costs, and that OER proponents hope could provide an example of how public investment in open materials is not charitable, but strategic. Inside Higher Ed U.S. Education Department spokesman Justin Hamilton expressed support for the program. “Cutting student textbook costs by more than half is groundbreaking,” Hamilton said. “Lowering college costs increases a student’s ability to take more courses, finish their degree on time, and enter the workforce prepared for success in a global economy. That’s not just good for them, its good for the country.”
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