By Justin Chapman California Governor Gavin Newsom recently called the college textbook industry a “racket” as the cost of textbooks has become a barrier to success and completion of degrees for California’s 2.1 million community college students. For ten years,...
Cailyn Nagle dives into the overarching principles surrounding the push for textbook affordability. Expanding the Use of Free Open Course Materials Students across the country have been drivers of the expanding use of free open course materials and have worked...
By Justin Chapman In a historic win for community college students across California, on July 27 Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 132, the 2021-2022 state budget, which allocates a staggering $115 million to make textbooks and other instructional materials more...