Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 56.16
Liaison Matthew Liesch
Submission Date May 13, 2024

STARS v2.2

Central Michigan University
IN-41: Textbook Affordability

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.50 Tiffany Jurge
Coordinator
Central Sustainability
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Does the institution host a peer-to-peer textbook exchange program, textbook lending library, or alternate textbook project?:
No

A brief description of the textbook exchange program, textbook lending library, or alternate textbook project:
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Does the institution provide incentives for academic staff that explicitly encourage the authorship, peer review, and/or adoption of open access textbooks?:
Yes

A brief description of the incentives to encourage the authorship, peer review, and/or adoption of open access textbooks:
Faculty whose courses do not meet the criteria for the program's inclusion can donate their textbooks to the program. There is also the option of short-term partial reassigned time for faculty making open access textbooks.

If yes to either of the above, provide:

Website URL where information about the textbook affordability incentives is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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