The average college student spent $415 in 2018 on their course materials ... “Some of the other national models dealing with textbook affordability promote (free content) but that is still optional.

Weber State University is expanding an initiative to give students access to free textbooks. How would this work?

And yup you're going to spend $150 on a textbook for a class you don't care about! Turns out, it's not unreasonable for some four year college students to spend close to $500 a year on textbooks.

Some would rather provide their low-income students with discounted textbooks or transportation allowances ... state leaders are continuing to label the prospect of additional funding as “free” ...

In fact, OpenStax itself already has 57 free textbooks used by more than six million students annually. What’s different about this book deal is that this textbook is already a best seller ...