Presentation to the WA House Higher Education Committee re: open educational resources.

1. Open College Textb oo ks Created by Experts. Enhanced by Users. Free to All. Eric Frank Founder & CMO Jeff Shelstad Founder & CEO

2. Advisors Dr. Jeffry Timmons Dr. Eric Denna Dr. Michael Solomon Dr. Jeff Tanner Dr. Shahid Ansari Mark Coker Gov. Jane Swift Dr. Michael Solomon Dr. Eric Denna Dr. Eric Denna Jonathan Newcomb Dr. Morgan McGuire

3. The Problem

4. Enrollment

5. Enrollment Prices

6. Enrollment Prices Revenue Growth

7. Enrollment Prices Revenue Growth Units

8. Students Organizing

9. Students Organizing Faculty & Administrators Empathizing

10. Students Organizing Faculty & Administrators Empathizing Media Din Rising

11. Students Organizing Legislators Acting Faculty & Administrators Empathizing Media Din Rising

12. Why?

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29. 3 of 5 $4,750 1 of 2 $2,550 Source: GAO Analysis of Dept. of Education Data My friends and I go to...

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32. 3 of 5 $4,750 3 of 100 $25,000 1 of 2 $2,550 My friends and I go to...

33. 3 of 5 $4,750 3 of 100 $25,000 1 of 2 $2,550 Source: GAO Analysis of Dept. of Education Data My friends and I go to...

34. The Pain is not evenly distributed…

35. The Pain is not limited to students.

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37. Maine reported spring enrollment increases of 20 percent , after laying off employees and leaving vacant positions open to cope with a $2.9 million state cut. Arizona community colleges have absorbed $19.3 million in cuts and may lose all remaining state aid, said Norma Kent, spokeswoman at the American Association of Community Colleges. Some systems have had to reject thousands of applicants . Recession could slash college funds by 36%, lawmakers told Rocky Mountain News Saturday, January 19, 2008 Colorado’s university and college presidents warned lawmakers Friday that funding for higher education could plummet during the next recession by 36 percent, triggering tuition spikes and losses throughout the state’s economy.

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90. "Community colleges are built on access, so for us to turn someone away is like a surgeon saying 'I won't operate on someone who is having a heart attack.'” -Norma Kent, AACC Spokesperson