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How Much Did You Spend On Textbooks This Semester?, Justin White
How Much Did You Spend On Textbooks This Semester?, Justin White
University Library Publications and Presentations
This poster template was created by Justin White to facilitate campus discussions among students about OER, textbook costs, access codes, and other issues that may come up. It is a piece of library programming that can be used in a wider range of outreach to students and faculty. It asks students to place a dot (usually a sticker) in the price range that best indicates the total amount they spent on books/course materials.
The Labor Of Affordability: Are We Replacing One Inequitable System With Another?, Justin White
The Labor Of Affordability: Are We Replacing One Inequitable System With Another?, Justin White
University Library Publications and Presentations
Textbook affordability has become a goal for a broad range of advocates of affordable higher education. It is seen as an achievable way to make a potentially huge impact. However, the labor required to implement textbook affordability is a major factor that often goes uncommented upon in discussions of barriers to this implementation, which often focus on a lack of funding or training. We should be aware that the same structures that determine how labor is rewarded or even acknowledged are still in place, and how our academic relations of production affect perception of both OER and the labor involved …