New UT System task force tackles college affordability - Savana Dunning, Daily Texan

A recently formed UT System Task Force met for the first time last week, brainstorming ways to make learning materials such as textbooks more affordable. “We want to speed up, accelerate, build up the momentum we have to really lower the cost of higher (education) for students to make learning more affordable,” said Rebecca Karoff, co-chair of the Affordable Learning Accelerator Task Force and UT System associate vice chancellor for academic affairs. Although in its preliminary phase, the Task Force’s duties include a systemwide environmental scan to evaluate existing affordable learning resources and to develop a report with recommendations that increase the amount of open educational resources, or free faculty-licensed learning materials to be used instead of traditional textbooks. https://www.dailytexanonline.com/2019/04/10/new-ut-system-task-force-tackles-college-affordability