Your campus can customize your own Affordable Learning Solutions (ALS) initiative so you can systematically lower the costs of course materials for your students.
CSU Dominguez Hills has been a leader in deploying their ALS initiative and has produced excellent outcomes.
- Message from President Garcia
- Faculty Showcase of how over 70 CSUDH faculty reduced the cost of course materials for their students in 2010-11
Cal Poly Pomona has launched their Affordable Learning Initiative through the leadership of the Provost and the Cal Poly Pomona Library.
The San Jose State University’s Library is leading their Affordable Learning Solutions Initiative. The program enables faculty to choose and provide quality educational content that is more affordable for their students.
CSU Stanislaus’s library has prepared a guide for faculty to find affordable course materials.
To ease the financial burden on Sonoma State University students challenged by the rising cost of education, the Affordable Learning Initiative (ALI) encourages the adoption of alternatives to pricey commercially published textbooks. SSU joins universities across the country in promoting the discovery and selection of high quality, low-or no-cost instructional resources.
CSULA’s Center for Effective Teaching and Learning supports their Affordable Learning Intiative.
CSU Chico has integrated the ALS services into their Academy e-Learning Summer Workshop. View the presentations made at the Chico Affordable Learning Solutions (CALS) Workshop. The Chico library has also produced library guides on Affordable Learning and Open Educational Resources.
CSU Fresno, under the leadership of their campus academic senate, student associations, and administration, began a communication campaign (video) to support faculty and students choosing and using lower cost course materials.