Reference Materials
Articles
"Cost of Course Materials Continues Downward Trend"
"Student Spending on Course Materials Plummets"
"NACS Student Watch Report: Use of Digital Course Materials Is Up"
"NACS Faculty Report: Pandemic Spurred Increased Use of Digital Course Materials"
"Textbook Giant Pearson Makes Major Shift Away from Print to Digital"
"Reducing the Cost of College Course Materials"
"Fall 2020 Updates: What do college students actually spend on course materials"
"The high cost of college textbooks, explained"
" ‘Inclusive Access’ Takes Off"
"As more colleges use open education resources, textbook costs shrink"
"Calculating (and Acknowledging) the Costs of OER"
"Textbook Prices' Impact on Student Behavior"
An Update to OhioLINK’s Affordable Textbooks Initiative
Illinois-Specific Articles
"University of Illinois System Awarded $1 Million Open Textbook Pilot Grant"
"College of DuPage partners with OpenStax to increase use of free textbooks"
National Studies
STUDENT MONITOR Fall 2020 Lifestyle & Media Study
Student Watch 2021 Infographic
Trends in College Pricing and Student Aid 2021
Cost of college tuition has remained stable since September 2019 (BLS)
Fixing the Broken Textbook Market, Third Edition
OER at Scale: The Academic and Economic Outcomes of Achieving the Dream’s OER Degree Initiative
The Impact of Open Educational Resources on Various Student Success Metrics
Inclusive Access Course Materials: The Impact on Student Outcomes
State Studies
College course materials: Affordability initiatives across Tennessee
2019 Tennessee Community College Student Course Materials Survey
Florida Virtual Campus 2018 Student Textbook and Course Materials Survey Results and Findings
Analysis of Student and Faculty Perceptions of Textbook Costs (at Brigham Young University)