![]() ![]() First-generation students (i.e., those who are first in their family to attend college) are both more likely to have student loans and to have higher student loans than their continuing-generation peers ( Furquim et al., 2017). Black students borrow more money for their education and drop out with debt at higher rates than their White counterparts ( Huelsman, 2015). Further, the burden of increasingly high costs of education is experienced disproportionately by marginalized groups. population (~14.5%, Cady, 2014), and 11–33% of students report housing insecurity ( Broton and Goldrick-Rab, 2018). For instance, almost half of college students report food insecurity (limited/uncertain availability of quality meals), which is a much higher rate than the general U.S. These findings suggest that textbook costs disproportionately affect our most vulnerable students and the use of OER may be one solution to this problem, particularly given the equivalent performance across textbook groups.Ĭollege education is increasingly expensive ( Goldrick-Rab, 2016) and this trend negatively affects the well-being of students. We found no significant differences between textbook groups on course performance or perceptions of the book, but marginalized students (first-generation students and/or ethnic minority students) reported engaging in negative behaviors (i.e., dropping a class) more often than their peers as a result of textbook costs. We also examined student performance in the courses and students' perceptions and use of the two books. ![]() Participants were asked to self-report the behaviors they engage in as a result of high textbook costs. During one semester, half of the Introductory Psychology sections at a large, public university were assigned to use OER while the other half were assigned to use the incumbent commercial textbook. It is not clear, however, whether these materials are equivalent in quality to standard commercial textbooks. Open educational resources (OER free, openly-licensed course materials) are often proposed as a solution to this problem. One aspect of rising college costs are textbook prices, which have increased at a rate that far surpasses inflation. ![]() Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United StatesĪ college education is becoming increasingly expensive, and the burden of this cost is often felt disproportionately by marginalized students.Nusbaum * Carrie Cuttler Samantha Swindell ![]()
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