Get Involved
Bring OER Awareness to SBVC
Individual students, student clubs, and the Associated Student Government can have
an impact on faculty use of open educational resources. While professors are the disciplinary
experts and therefore have academic freedom to choose instructional materials, most
professors cite textbook costs as one of the main if not the number one factor when
selecting textbooks. When students make their voices heard, this lets faculty, administrators,
and California legislators who fund public colleges and universities know that lowering
the cost of textbooks is an important priority which deserves institutional commitment.
Sign the Statement of OER Support
For More Information
- Open Textbook Alliance
- Student Government Toolkit
- Student PIRGs
- Right to Research Coalition
- SPARC
- College Board
- U.S. Government Accountability Office
- Making Textbooks Affordable by the Open Textbook Alliance. Licensed by Creative Commons 4.0.