Rutgers: Start an Open Textbooks Pilot Program

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Rutgers: Start an Open Textbooks Pilot Program

Rutgers University Leaders

Open textbooks are high quality, free, online textbooks. Professors could choose these books today and save students millions. Join the Rutgers University Senate, Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA), Engineering Governing Council, Business Governing Council, Pharmacy Governing Council, and 120 professors and staff and call on University leaders to establish an Open Textbooks Grant program here at Rutgers.

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To: Rutgers University Leaders
From: [Your Name]

The average student pays $1,200 a year on textbooks. Please take a stand by funding a competitive grant program to help professors switch to open textbooks in their classrooms.

In 2011, the University of Massachusetts - Amherst launched their Open Education Initiative. After disbursing 39 grants for $1000 over the course of four years, the OEI projects student savings at almost $1.5 million. Many open experts see the UMass Initiative as the premier example of a successful open textbook program.

It's time for Rutgers to take action too.