TRU Working on Ways to Cut Textbook Costs
As another semester – and its dreaded textbook bill – approaches, the Students’ Union is grateful to report that caring and creative folks from across TRU are working to cut Continue reading
Tag: Open Textbooks
FREE Open Textbooks Developing at TRU
With mid-term exam season in full swing, students have been hitting the textbooks hard. But not before those textbooks hit their wallets even harder this September. Fortunately, help is on Continue reading
Student Call for an Open Textbooks Grants Program at TRU
The Thompson Rivers University Students’ Union (TRUSU) is advancing a proposal for a grants program that would support faculty to create, adapt, adopt, and use open textbooks, which are free Continue reading
Library Budget “Cannot Sustain” Textbooks on Reserve
As a new semester starts, students are preparing for (or desperately avoiding) another enormous textbook bill. The Student Caucus regrets to report that a recommendation from the Student Budget Consultation Continue reading
Lack of Budget Action on Open Textbooks Disappointing
It is with disappointment that the Student Caucus reports that recommendations from the Student Budget Consultation Report 2017/18 to promote and advance cost-saving open textbooks have so far been dismissed. Continue reading
Open Textbooks Campaign Launch
TRUSU launches Open Textbook campaign to save students $300,000 Kamloops – On August 30, 2016, the Thompson Rivers University Students’ Union (TRUSU) launched its campaign to encourage and support Thompson Continue reading