Savings come wherever one can find them, and for many LTC students, that’s through what’s called “open educational resources.” That refers to such options as free online textbooks, videos, and other learning tools that reside in the public domain. Because of the public domain status, access is free of restrictions that apply to copyrighted works and textbooks, thereby saving an average of $105 per textbook according to a study by the Education Data Initiative. LTC says that those savings have amounted to $2.1 million since 2018.
