MTSU launched the program on campus in the fall of 2020 and has seen students save over $144,000 on their learning costs. The launch included five courses, which has grown to include 15 more following spring of 2021. Austin Peay State University, Tennessee State University, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville are the four other institutions to provide similar money-saving measures to its enrollment. Saving initiatives have taken hold across the state due to the efforts put forth by the Tennessee Textbook Affordability Task Force, which has focused on creating an online “repository of open education resources” that can be used by both students and instructors for free.
