Cossatot campus joins Open Textbook Network - Texarkana Gazette

The University of Arkansas at Cossatot is the first college in the state to become a member of the Open Textbook Network, a collective of colleges and universities which provide free online textbooks and educational resources. In 2015, UA Cossatot became the first two-year college in Arkansas to abandon the traditional campus bookstore and use an internal textbook rental and Open Educational Resource program. Since then, students have saved just under $1.1 million in textbook costs. Chancellor Steve Cole worked with Relinda Ruth, the director of educational resources and an OER specialist, to develop a program requiring a $30 rental fee per course for all books required in a course. http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/texarkana/story/2018/sep/04/cossatot-campus-joins-open-textbook-network/741868/