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UNLV students get free and low-cost textbooks through pilot program

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AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews

Student textbooks for rent sit on the shelves at the City College Bookstore in New York

UNLV students on average spend more than 12-hundred dollars a semester on books and supplies. 

In the interest of making higher education more affordable and accessible to more students – the university created a Open Educational Resources task force.   

For the first time – many students are getting free and low-cost textbooks through the pilot program this semester. 

Melissa Bowles-Terry, Director, UNLV Faculty Center; Denise Tillery, Professor & Associate Dean, UNLV College of Liberal Arts

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