Rhode Island OER Celebrates First Birthday with Savings of $870K - Dian Schaffhauser, Campus Technology

Just a year after introducing a project to embed the use of open educational resources into higher education, the state of Rhode Island announced that it has saved students $870,000 in textbook costs. Governor Gina Raimondo kicked off the "Open Textbook Initiative" last September as part of a larger goal to get more state residents to earn a postsecondary degree. All 11 institutions in the state, including Brown University, the University of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island School of Design, have pledged to support their faculty in making the transition to OER. https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/09/28/rhode-island-oer-celebrates-first-birthday-with-savings-of-870k.aspx