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David Ernst, PhDUniversity of Minnesota

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By David Ernst. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

“…higher education shall be equally accessible to all”

The cost barrier kept

2.4 millionlow and moderate-income college-qualified

high school graduates from completing college in the previous decade.

The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED529499.pdf

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$2,000

$3,000

$4,000

$5,000

$6,000

$7,000

$8,000

$9,000

$10,000US Higher Education Funding - $/FTE

State Funding Tuition Revenuehttp://www.sheeo.org

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$11,000Montana Higher Education Funding - $/FTE

State Funding Tuition Revenuehttp://www.sheeo.org

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$1,000

$2,000

$3,000

$4,000

$5,000

$6,000

$7,000

$8,000

$9,000

$10,000

$11,000Idaho Higher Education Funding - $/FTE

State Funding Tuition Revenuehttp://www.sheeo.org

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$1,000

$2,000

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$6,000

$7,000

$8,000

$9,000

$10,000

$11,000Washington Higher Education Funding - $/FTE

State Funding Tuition Revenuehttp://www.sheeo.org

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$1,000

$2,000

$3,000

$4,000

$5,000

$6,000

$7,000

$8,000

$9,000

$10,000

$11,000Oregon Higher Education Funding - $/FTE

State Funding Tuition Revenuehttp://www.sheeo.org

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s @ M

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age

The average borrower owes more than

$30,100

in student loans (class of 2015).

http://ticas.org/posd/map-state-data

Montana = $26,280Idaho = $27,639

Washington = $24,600Oregon = $27,697

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$1,000

$1,100

$1,200

$1,300

$1,400US Debt

Consumer Revolving Credit Student Loan Debt

$ Bi

llion

s

Federal Reserve http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g19/Current/

What can we do?

• Tuition and Fees

• Room and Board

• Books and Supplies

• Personal Expenses

• Transportation

What can we do?

• Tuition and Fees

• Room and Board

• Books and Supplies

• Personal Expenses

• Transportation

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Textbooks CPI

Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/cpi/

http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/freshman-year/college-textbook-prices-have-risen-812-percent-1978-n399926

The average student should budget

$1,230 - $1,390for textbooks and course materials in 2016-17.

https://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2016-17https://www.carroll.edu/admission-aid/tuition-fees

Carroll College = $1,250

What do you think about the cost of textbooks?

What do you think about the cost of textbooks?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d6HTN6llgo

Coping with the Cost• Purchase an older edition of the textbook• Delay purchasing the textbook• Never purchase the textbook• Share the textbook with other students

• Download textbooks from the internet

–U of MN Student

"I figured French hadn't changed that much.”

59%of students report that they have had to wait for their financial aid check to purchase textbooks.

Unpublished Minnesota State University Student Association survey

Have you ever delayed purchasing a textbook because of cost?

Have you ever delayed purchasing a textbook because of cost?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjaTJC8zZJ4

7/10students surveyed hadn’t bought a required

textbook due to cost.

http://www.slideshare.net/txtbks/open-education-and-solving-the-textbook-cost-crisis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4IswNs0WWE

2012 2016

63.6% 66.5% Not purchase the required textbook

49.2% 47.6% Take fewer courses

45.1% 45.5% Not register for a specific course

33.9% 37.6% Earn a poor grade

26.7% 26.1% Drop a course

17.0% 19.8% Fail a course

In your academic career, has the cost of required textbooks caused you to:

http://www.openaccesstextbooks.org/pdf/2012_Florida_Student_Textbook_Survey.pdf

Other models…

Where does the funding come from?

Universities (SUNY, Umass Amherst, Portland State, …)

Foundations (Hewlett, Gates, …)

Governments (state, federal)

Institutional Consortia (CALI)

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Introductory, algebra-based, two-semester college physics

1272 pages

Available inPDF

ePubPrintWeb

Bookshare (accessible)

Instructor solution manual

Powerpoint slides

Customization&

Open Pedagogy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1zAcm0lXn0

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“All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.”

- John F. KennedyJanuary 20, 1961

open.umn.edu

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13 Peer Reviewed Studies of Efficacy

http://openedgroup.org/

119,720 Students

http://openedgroup.org/

95% Same or Better Outcomes

http://openedgroup.org/

What can you do?• Educate yourself (and your staff)• Join a community dedicated to advancing

open education• Make it part of what your unit/department

does

David Ernstdernst@umn.edu

@dernst

Slides: http://slideshare.net/djernst

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By David Ernst. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.