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Second round of SCALE Affordable Learning Grant awards encourages faculty adoption, student savings

by Ellan Jenkinson on 2022-08-29T08:00:00-04:00 in Affordable Learning, Press Release | 0 Comments

Columbia, SC — The Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries (PASCAL) is pleased to announce the second round of SCALE Affordable Learning Grant awardees.  Seven member institutions have been awarded grants ranging from $1,650 to $4,800 to fund projects that will increase awareness and adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) and other low or no-cost course materials.  

 “We were excited to receive so many excellent project proposals in this second round of our affordable learning grants program,” shared Rick Moul, PASCAL Executive Director.  “We’re pleased to provide funding for these innovative, campus driven approaches to lowering textbook costs for students.”

Grant recipients include:

  • Greenville Technical College | GTC OER Award
  • Midlands Technical College | Open Educational Resources Faculty Learning Community
  • Newberry College | Open Resources, Open Books, Open Knowledge
  • Spartanburg Community College | Shifting Faculty Culture and Increasing OER Utilization
  • Tri-County Technical College | Leveraging Institutional Partnerships to Drive Awareness and Adoption of Affordable Learning
  • University of South Carolina Beaufort | Promoting and Creating OER Textbooks
  • University of South Carolina Upstate | Pilot OER Faculty Stipend Program

Additional information about the grant recipients and projects is available on the SCALE website.

An initiative of PASCAL, South Carolina Affordable Learning (SCALE) seeks to reduce the overall cost of higher education for students by promoting the use of quality low-cost and no-cost learning materials. In 2020, PASCAL piloted the SCALE Affordable Learning Grant Program, awarding $19,000 to eight member institutions in its first round.  The purpose of the grant program is to expand the availability of no-cost course materials by providing funds to member institutions to support approaches they deem most effective for their individual situation.

Per the grant guidelines, PASCAL and the awardees will make all materials produced through the projects, including open textbooks, ancillary materials, and supplemental materials, available under a suitable Creative Commons license. Grant recipients will report on their projects at the June 2023 PASCAL General Membership Meeting.

 

About PASCAL:
PASCAL is the Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries, a consortium of South Carolina's academic libraries together with their parent institutions and state agency partners. PASCAL fosters cooperation on a broad range of issues including shared licensing of electronic resources, universal borrowing, shared systems support, and affordable learning. In 2017, PASCAL launched South Carolina Affordable Learning (SCALE), a statewide initiative that seeks to reduce the overall cost of higher education for students by promoting the use of quality low-cost and no-cost learning materials. SCALE programs have included the Professors for Affordable Learning award, webinars and workshops for librarians and faculty throughout South Carolina, and the SCALE Affordable Learning Grant Program.


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