
Students save $10 million in textbook costs with OER program
Kayla Gahagan - March 02, 2023
Washtenaw Community College’s (WCC) program to help students earn degrees, certificates and general education credits with little or no textbook costs has recently surpassed the $10 million savings mark.
View Post : Students save $10 million in textbook costs with OER programtags: Open Education Resources, On The Record, Z-Degree, OER, Affordability, March 2023

Students save $10 million in textbook costs with OER program
Kayla Gahagan - March 02, 2023
Washtenaw Community College’s (WCC) program to help students earn degrees, certificates and general education credits with little or no textbook costs has recently surpassed the $10 million savings mark.
View Post : Students save $10 million in textbook costs with OER programtags: Affordability, OER, Z-Degree

Fall semester kicks off August 29 with new Automotive Cybersecurity Lab, zero-cost textbook degree, academic programs
Fran LeFort - August 26, 2022
Washtenaw Community College (WCC) is gearing up for a new academic year starting Monday, August 29, that features its first no-cost textbook associate degree, a brand new Automotive Cybersecurity Lab and frozen tuition for the fifth straight year.
View Post : Fall semester kicks off August 29 with new Automotive Cybersecurity Lab, zero-cost textbook degree, academic programstags: Michigan Reconnect, September 2022, academic, Certificates, OER, Automotive Cybersecurity, Z-Degree, fall 2022, On The Record

WCC to show off Mustang Mach-E, highlight skills training at Careers of Today & Tomorrow
Fran LeFort - May 09, 2022
Washtenaw Community College (WCC) will show off its Ford Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle, its automotive cybersecurity workbenches and skills training pathways at Careers of Today & Tomorrow on Thursday, May 12, at the Southern Michigan Center for Science & Industry in Hudson.
View Post : WCC to show off Mustang Mach-E, highlight skills training at Careers of Today & Tomorrowtags: Advanced Transportation Center, Affordability, Academic and Career Skills, Workforce Development, OER, Workforce Training, Tuition, ATC

Free textbook program has saved WCC students nearly $9 million since 2017
Fran LeFort - March 07, 2022
Since Fall 2017 when Washtenaw Community College introduced its zero-cost textbook program, students have saved nearly $9 million thanks to 47 courses being taught with an open educational resource (OER).
View Post : Free textbook program has saved WCC students nearly $9 million since 2017tags: Launch Summer 2022, On The Record, Affordability, Open Education Resources, March 2022, OER

WCC is saving students money by creating alternatives to textbooks
Rich Rezler - January 20, 2020
After generating nearly $7 million in student savings over the past three years, faculty and staff at WCC is continuing to expand the college’s Open Education Resource (OER) program.
View Post : WCC is saving students money by creating alternatives to textbookstags: OER, Affordability, Library, Open Education Resources, January 2020, On The Record, ousearch_News_On The Record

Big savings: Textbook alternatives have kept $1.79M in WCC students' pockets; college committed to more
Richard Rezler - February 07, 2018
Kelli Gilbert had a tough decision to make. If she spent $360 on the four textbooks she needed for classes at Washtenaw Community College, she wouldn’t have enough money left to pay the car insurance bill that had come due.
View Post : Big savings: Textbook alternatives have kept $1.79M in WCC students' pockets; college committed to moretags: Textbooks, On The Record, February 2018, OER, Savings, Open Education Resources, ousearch_News_On The Record