Table 1
Student Survey Responses
| Due to textbook cost | Delayed or Non-Purchasers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Did Not Purchase Textbook | 1688 | 65.56% | Non-Purchase Influenced Grade Negatively | 1117 | 66.18% |
| Delayed Textbook Purchase | 2229 | 86.60% | Non-Purchase Contributed to Decision to Drop Course | 626 | 37.11% |
| Registered for Fewer Courses | 953 | 37.02% | Non-Purchase Caused Failure or Late Withdrawal from Course | 359 | 21.25% |
| Did Not Register for Specific Sections | 862 | 33.49% | Delayed purchase influenced grade negatively | 1370 | 61.48% |
| Total | 2574 | ||||
Table 2
Student Survey Responses for Two- and Four-year Institutions
| Due to textbook cost | Delayed or Non-purchasers | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution | n | Did Not Purchase Textbook | Delayed Textbook Purchase | Registered for Fewer Courses* | Did not Register for Specific Sections | Non-purchase Influenced Grade Negatively* | Non-purchase Contributed to Decision to Drop Course | Non-purchase Caused Failure or Late Withdrawal from Course* | Delayed Purchase Influenced Grade Negatively |
| Two-year | 282 | 64.22% | 82.26% | 41.72% | 25.79% | 69.58% | 37.66% | 28.65% | 65.08% |
| Four-year | 2292 | 66.14% | 88.45% | 35.01% | 36.79% | 64.73% | 36.87% | 18.31% | 59.94% |
Table 3
Categorization of How Students Would Repurpose Saved Money
| Code | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| Food/groceries | 967 | 38% |
| Education | 854 | 33% |
| Housing | 804 | 31% |
| Miscellaneous living expenses | 584 | 23% |
| Savings | 419 | 16% |
| Transportation | 367 | 14% |
| Pay off/take out less student loans | 240 | 9% |
| Recreation | 204 | 8% |
| Family obligations | 127 | 5% |
| Other | 193 | 8% |
[i] Note. Respondents could affirm more than one category.
Table 4
Categorization of Students’ Feelings About Textbook Costs
| Comment category | n | % of total comments |
|---|---|---|
| Positive | 14 | 0.8% |
| Neutral | 43 | 2.5% |
| Negative | 1,217 | 70.2% |
| Extremely Negative | 459 | 26.5% |
| Total | 1,733 | 100.0% |
Table 5
Faculty Rank and Willingness to Use OER
| Rank | n | Knows list price of textbook | Willing to use OER | Would like help finding OER |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjunct | 279 | 49.1% | 93.3% | 53.4% |
| Assistant | 288 | 43.4% | 98.4% | 58.8% |
| Associate | 303 | 39.9% | 86.5% | 46.2% |
| Full | 287 | 41.1% | 87.8% | 44.3% |
| Overall | 1157 | 43.3% | 90.3% | 49.9% |
Table 6
Categorization of Faculty Reasons to Use OER
| Code | n | % of total responses |
|---|---|---|
| Cost savings | 774 | 73.6% |
| Pedagogical benefits and customization | 170 | 16.2% |
| Easy access for students and faculty | 155 | 14.7% |
| Did not respond | 114 | 10.8% |
| Up-to-date materials | 39 | 3.7% |
| Already uses an open textbook | 37 | 3.5% |
| Other | 39 | 3.9% |
Table 7
Categorization of Faculty Reasons to Not Use OER
| Code | n | % of total responses |
|---|---|---|
| Prefer hardcopy of text | 23 | 20.0% |
| Suspicious of quality | 22 | 19.1% |
| Additional instructor resources | 13 | 11.3% |
| Would first need to vet | 9 | 7.8% |
| No suitable alternatives | 8 | 7.0% |
| Like current textbook | 8 | 7.0% |
| Time to adopt | 7 | 6.1% |
| Did not respond | 6 | 5.2% |
| Funding model concerns | 6 | 5.2% |
| Other | 13 | 11.3% |