Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 66.84
Liaison Stephanie Del Rosario
Submission Date May 26, 2022

STARS v2.2

California State University, Fullerton
IN-41: Textbook Affordability

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.50 Stephanie Del Rosario
Sustainability Analyst
Physical Plant
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Does the institution host a peer-to-peer textbook exchange program, textbook lending library, or alternate textbook project?:
Yes

A brief description of the textbook exchange program, textbook lending library, or alternate textbook project:

The goal of OpenFullerton is to empower faculty in supporting student success by providing them a variety of resources and professional development opportunities to help reduce textbook costs, and by supporting their efforts to explore, cultivate, create, and access high quality Open Educational Resources (OER).

Students can also check out textbooks used by the campus at the University Library.


Does the institution provide incentives for academic staff that explicitly encourage the authorship, peer review, and/or adoption of open access textbooks?:
No

A brief description of the incentives to encourage the authorship, peer review, and/or adoption of open access textbooks:
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Website URL where information about the textbook affordability incentives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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