Six Massachusetts public universities and colleges, (UML not among them), along with the MA Department of Higher Education are testing the hypothesis that underrepresented students will achieve higher academic outcomes if free, culturally-relevant textbooks are available to them.
The project pays stipends to faculty to create new OER or adapt and remix existing OER content using an equity lens. These is also a stipend for adoption of an open textbook as a replacement for a traditional textbook. The team will pilot this project and evaluate student success outcomes.
The six colleges:
Fitchburg State University
Framingham State University
Holyoke Community College
Northern Essex Community College
Salem State University
Springfield Technical Community College
UMass Lowell faculty may wish to partner with faculty at one of these institutions.
