Open Textbooks to Open Career Paths
Channel: Affordable Learning @ Cleveland State University
Date: 2022-05-23

Deborah Gaspar
Director, User Services & Collections
Rowan University

Rowan University, together with 17 Community Colleges in New Jersey, has been awarded the Department of Education’s Open Textbook Pilot Grant.  Working with colleagues across the state the team has identified courses that lead to four growing technical industrial fields:  Energy & Infrastructure, Health Services, Global Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management, and Innovation & Technology.  The grant will support industry and higher education collaboration to produce Open Education Resources in these areas, thus making access to these career fields more affordable.
We are currently in year two of this three year project.  This lightning talk will provide details of the planning, structure, and implementation of this exciting project.