When Vince Mussehl was a student at Chippewa Valley Technical College 15 years ago, he struggled to pay for textbooks. “I remember applying for an Amazon credit card just so I could save $50 off my first book purchase,” he said. “Of course, the $50 was no real savings after I finished paying off the interest.” One of his accounting textbooks was more than $200. His experience as a student and now his help in leading the open educational resources (OER) effort at his alma mater make him an ideal candidate for the national OER advocacy organization, SPARC. Mussehl was appointed to the SPARC steering committee, recently.
