From High School to Community College to ODU to the C-Suite: Creating a Text-Book Free Pathway to a Bachelor's Z-Degree

Autor/inn/en	Draper, Darryl; Mayes, Lisa; Payne, Brian
Titel	From High School to Community College to ODU to the C-Suite: Creating a Text-Book Free Pathway to a Bachelor's Z-Degree
Quelle	In: Open Learning, 38 (2023) 1, S.58-72 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-0513
DOI	10.1080/02680513.2020.1850249
Schlagwörter	Textbooks; Open Educational Resources; High School Teachers; College Faculty; Costs; Bachelors Degrees; Community Colleges; Tuition; Access to Education; Program Development; Program Implementation; Low Income Students; Program Effectiveness; Dual Enrollment; Leadership; Majors (Students); Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; High school; High schools; Teacher; Teachers; Oberschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Fakultät; Cost; Kosten; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Community college; Community College; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Programmplanung; Doppelstudium; Führung; Führungsposition; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	To counter tuition and textbook costs for degree-seeking students, a specific pathway to a bachelor's degree in Leadership was developed. The pathway, comprised of partnerships with the high school Leadership Academy at a public high school, community college, and Old Dominion University (ODU), reduced tuition and textbook costs, allowing the completion of the Leadership major textbook-free using Open Educational Resources (OER). The three partners established the infrastructure necessary to expand the delivery of textbook-free courses, by recruiting and providing OER training for faculty and teachers. Eight high school teachers and eighteen ODU faculty participated in OER training. In addition, ODU developed supplemental OER training to support their faculty. Since Summer 2017, the Leadership Academy enrolled 364 high school students with 207 completing 349 dual-enrolment courses with many of the students enrolled in multiple courses. While the Leadership Academy and CC students have not yet matriculated, the Leadership major has already gained noted success for students. Within three semesters, students saved approximately $113,000 (based on 936 course registrations), in textbook costs for the Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS) major in Leadership. At the high school, students taking dual-enrolment courses with a community college saved approximately $230,640 in tuition costs. As the program matures it will have a direct and profound impact on first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students in the Commonwealth. For students who earn a bachelor's degree through this pathway, it is possible that the full tuition for the degree could be as low as $16,725. The textbook costs for students through this pathway could be reduced from an average cost of $5,000 to zero. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01