CLACKAM AS
The price is right: $40 textbooks
A u tum n Berend
MANAGING EDITOR
The price o f college textbooks h as increased
o v e f io o o percen t sin ce 1977, accordin g to
N B C new s.
In Ju ly o f 2015, O re g o n H o u s e B ill 2871
w as p a ssed w h ic h s ta te s th a t e a c h p u b lic
un iversity listed in O R S 252.002, in clu d in g
co m m u n ity c o lle g e s, w o u ld n eed to m ak e
a p u b lic n o te , at th e tim e o f re g is tra tio n ,
w h ich courses h ave lo w -co st textbooks and
m aterials.
E a ch sc h o o l d e te rm in e s w h a t co u n ts as
a lo w -co s t co u rse, or textbook;, C lack am as
C o m m u n ity C o lle g e d ecided th a t $40 w as
the appropriate cu to ff. Courses in the catalog
were o fficially labeled “ LCT” th is w inter term
and w ill co n tin u e go in g forw ard.
F in a liz in g th is p ro cess took tim e . There
w as a w ork group on cam p us th a t, to ge th er,
h e lp e d fig u r e o u t h o w to c o m m u n ic a te ,
th e lo w -c o s t co u rse s to th e s c h o o l. T h is
in clu d e d th e LCT c o m m itte e , Jil F re e m a n ,
Ja n e L it t le fie ld , D ru U r b a s s ik , M ira n d a
B u tle r, D W W o o d , S te p h e n B rouw ers an d
C a ro l D eS au , K evin A n s p a ch , w ho designed
th e in fo rm atio n a l m aterial, and C C C sta ff.
L ittle fie ld , th e d ep artm en t ch air library,
stated in an e m a il, “ A good nu m ber o f C C C
faculty have already shifted to using low -cost
and free textbo o ks and course m aterials for
years; w e’v e ju st n o t h ad a w ay to h ig h lig h t
th ose classes in our course sched u les. Now
we can . A n d we are to th e stage o f edu catin g
s tu d e n ts, fa cu lty and s ta ff about L o w -C o st
Text m aterial, and we hope to see the num ber
o f LCT courses o n ly increase as a re s u lt.”
S o m e stu d e n ts are ab le to a lle v ia te th e
b u rd e n o f te x tb o o k c o sts b y a p p ly in g fo r
FA FSA and sch o larsh ip s.
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th a t cla sse s th a t stu d en ts take dep en d on
th e degree th e y are pu rsu in g.
“ I ’ m d o in g a tr a n s fe r d e g r e e , so a lo t
o f m y s tu ff is ju st gen e ra l, so I ’ ll take an y
classes th at seem interesting to m e .” M odrell
said. “ If a class is so m u ch cheap er and its
in trigu in g to m e , I ’ d pay atten tio n to it, but
w ould I chan ge m y entire perceptive on w hat
class I ’ m tak in g ju s t because th e textb o o k is
cheaper? Probably n o t .”
F r e e m a n , w h o w o rk s in th e d is ta n c e
le a rn in g d e p a rtm e n t, said th a t th e ir go al
is to encourage fa cu lty to consider textb o o k
co st m ore, and fo r stu den ts to b rin g it up.
T h ere are in c lu s io n s an d e x c lu s io n s to
th e lo w -c o s t cou rse m a te ria l. O n page 29
o f th e w in ter class sch ed u le, th ere is; a list
available as w ell as a d isclaim er, alth o u gh
it is subject to ch an ge if th e co llege receives
new in fo rm a tio n . ,
“ It’ s a m ovem en t th a t’ s h ap p en in g across
th e n a tio n ,” Freem an said. “ Stu d en t can
G oogle O ER, arid Creative C o m m o n s
is a reso u rce th a t h a s a lo t o f
in fo rm atio n about open lo w - 4
co st m a te ria ls . S tu d e n ts o n
o th er cam p u ses h ave driven
th is
m o v e m e n t;
t h e y ’v e a s k e d fo r
lower cost m aterials
in cla s s e s .”
N o t every* c la s s
h as th e o p tio n o f lo w - c o s t ...
m a t e r ia l, b u t th e c o lle g e ’ s
as a n a lte r n a tiv e p la c e to b u y b o o k s . I f
stu den ts still have q u estio n s, th e bookstore
can h elp .
chiefed@ dackam as.edu
M anaging Editor
Merari Calderon Ruiz
chiefed@ clackam as.edu
“It’s a movement that’s
happening across the
nation... Students on other
campuses have driven this
movement; they’ve asked
for lower cost materials in
classes.”
- Jil Freeman
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The course catalog features a LCT marking next to the
classes that have low-cost textbooks.
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