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Innovative Strategies to Save Students Money on Educational Resources

Discover effective strategies to help students save money on educational expenses. This guide explores options such as free or reduced-cost textbooks, textbook loan scholarships, rental programs, and calculator rentals. Learn about available resources for free online homework platforms and improved placement methods like challenge tests. Additionally, find out how open educational resources (OER) can provide accessible and customizable learning materials. Join the conversation on innovative solutions to lessen the financial burden on students.

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Innovative Strategies to Save Students Money on Educational Resources

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  1. How Can We Save Students Money? Melonie Rasmussen David Lippman Pierce College Ft Steilacoom

  2. Some ideas • Free / reduced cost textbooks • Textbook loan scholarships • Textbook rental programs • Calculator rentals • Free online homework • Improved placement • Challenge tests • Transcript-based placement • Others??

  3. Free / Reduced Cost Texts • Open texts • Free of cost • Allow you to modify the material • Some allow you to print and sell • http://oerconsortium.org/discipline-specific/ • http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org/ • Flat World Knowledge

  4. Free / Reduced Cost Texts • Custom printing • Publishers reduce cost because it kills the national used book market • Some offering mixing of materials from different books • Anyone had experiences?

  5. Textbook Loan Scholarship • Students apply in first 3 days of quarter, awarded by end of 1 week • Books handled by library • Book is loaned for 1 quarter, can be renewed, then is returned • Some funding from college mini grants, outside donations • Publishers have donated books • Other programs may have their own loaning programs

  6. Textbook Rental • Dozens of online sites, for example: • http://www.chegg.com/ • http://www.collegebookrenter.com • Some colleges are running on-campus programs • Needs lots of seed money and support from bookstore, but should be self-sustaining after that.

  7. Calculator Rentals • Handled by library • Charge $15/quarter • Self-sustaining • Free online calculators / computer algebra systems

  8. Free Online Homework • College-supported systems (Angel, etc.) • WAMAP.org • Algorithmic questions like Webassign / MyMathLab • Full course management system • No videos, tutorials, or links to textbook

  9. Improved Placement • Challenge Tests • Challenge COMPASS placement • One test per level, administered in WAMAP • HS Transcript-based Placement • Place based on HS transcript, if within one year of graduation (example)

  10. Other ideas?

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