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How Can We Save Students Money?. Melonie Rasmussen David Lippman Pierce College Ft Steilacoom. Some ideas. Free / reduced cost textbooks Textbook loan scholarships Textbook rental programs Calculator rentals Free online homework Improved placement Challenge tests
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How Can We Save Students Money? Melonie Rasmussen David Lippman Pierce College Ft Steilacoom
Some ideas • Free / reduced cost textbooks • Textbook loan scholarships • Textbook rental programs • Calculator rentals • Free online homework • Improved placement • Challenge tests • Transcript-based placement • Others??
Free / Reduced Cost Texts • Open texts • Free of cost • Allow you to modify the material • Some allow you to print and sell • http://oerconsortium.org/discipline-specific/ • http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org/ • Flat World Knowledge
Free / Reduced Cost Texts • Custom printing • Publishers reduce cost because it kills the national used book market • Some offering mixing of materials from different books • Anyone had experiences?
Textbook Loan Scholarship • Students apply in first 3 days of quarter, awarded by end of 1 week • Books handled by library • Book is loaned for 1 quarter, can be renewed, then is returned • Some funding from college mini grants, outside donations • Publishers have donated books • Other programs may have their own loaning programs
Textbook Rental • Dozens of online sites, for example: • http://www.chegg.com/ • http://www.collegebookrenter.com • Some colleges are running on-campus programs • Needs lots of seed money and support from bookstore, but should be self-sustaining after that.
Calculator Rentals • Handled by library • Charge $15/quarter • Self-sustaining • Free online calculators / computer algebra systems
Free Online Homework • College-supported systems (Angel, etc.) • WAMAP.org • Algorithmic questions like Webassign / MyMathLab • Full course management system • No videos, tutorials, or links to textbook
Improved Placement • Challenge Tests • Challenge COMPASS placement • One test per level, administered in WAMAP • HS Transcript-based Placement • Place based on HS transcript, if within one year of graduation (example)