Originally, the focus was on saving students money, Gill says. That focus has now expanded to include support of open textbook creation by RIC faculty. Recently, RIC Professor of Sociology Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur and RIC Professor Emeritus of Sociology Roger Clark wrote their first open textbook, titled, “Social Data Analysis: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches.”
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