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ACC Experts: Saving Money on Textbooks
Posted on Mon, 03/07/2022 - 9:16amThe cost of textbooks and other course materials add up quickly. Austin Community College District (ACC) experts share how faculty are creating both Zero Cost Textbook and Open Educational Resource (ZTC/OER) courses to help save students money. To...
ACC selected as early adopter for state OER digital repository
Posted on Thu, 12/03/2020 - 12:25pmBy Carrie Gits, Highland Campus Library head librarian and associate professor On September 1, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board launched OERTX, the state's digital repository of open educational resources (OER) for Texas. OERTX —...
ACC students have saved more than $10 million in textbook costs
Posted on Thu, 08/13/2020 - 2:17pmAustin Community College District (ACC) students have saved more than $10 million in textbook costs since the college launched zero textbook cost (ZTC) courses and degrees in 2017. The number of ACC courses now offering low-cost textbook...
ACC’s Z-Degree program awarded prestigious Texas Star Award
Posted on Mon, 12/02/2019 - 12:00pmThe Austin Community College District (ACC) Z-Degree program was recognized as one of the top college programs in the state — awarded a 2019 Star Award by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board during an awards reception Friday, November 22...
ACC’s zero-cost textbook program named finalist for Texas Star Award
Posted on Thu, 08/29/2019 - 4:57pmThe Austin Community College Z-Degree Program is recognized as one of the top performing college programs in Texas; named a finalist for the prestigious 2019 Star Award by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The Star Award program...
ACC expands no-cost textbook options for students through new national partnership
Posted on Thu, 08/22/2019 - 10:46amACC students have saved more than $3.5 million through open educational resources over the past year Austin Community College (ACC) is one of ten colleges and universities nationwide selected to participate in the 2019-2020 OpenStax Institutional...
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ACC celebrates saving textbook costs with Open Education Week
Posted on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 12:21pmAustin Community College (ACC) celebrates Open Education Week, March 4-8, by highlighting the millions of dollars students have saved by taking Z-Degree classes. Z-Degree classes use zero-cost learning materials and open education resources (OER...
ACC Teaches Without Textbooks
Posted on Fri, 12/21/2018 - 10:00amAustin Chronicle: ACC Teaches Without Textbooks BY AUSTIN SANDERS, FRI., DEC. 21, 2018 As enrollment for the spring semester at Austin Community College gets underway, the school is encouraging students to consider signing up for "Z-classes," which...
New zero-cost textbook program saves ACC students more than $2.1 million
Posted on Mon, 12/10/2018 - 12:04pmAustin Community College students are saving millions of dollars in textbooks costs through new course and degree options known as Z-degrees and zero textbook cost (ZTC) classes. The courses use zero-cost learning materials called open educational...