Participation in the Zero Textbook Cost program has increased to two-thirds of faculty with Cosumnes River College leading the district in the number of ZTC courses offered. The campus is looking to set an example for other colleges by innovating new ways for students to access resources at no cost to them, said Andi Adkins-Pogue, faculty lead for CRC’s Open Educational Resources and Zero Textbook Cost project. “This really is an equity issue,” Adkins-Pogue said. “If we’re concerned about creating a space that helps as many students as possible, we need to look at the cost of textbooks.”
