There's a little bit of a tempest in the world of OER over how much students actually pay for course materials (and how much they cost, which isn't the same thing) in the U.S. It revolves around a widely cited figure of $1200 per year attributed to the College Board; here's an example from EdSource. Critics have argued that this cost is an over-estimate, and in this article Phil Hill points to a recently revised estimate from the College Board pegging it at $410. The most interesting item in Hill's article is the figure showing that textbook prices, which have been rising steadily for decades, stopped increasing around 2016. As Hill says, "multiple acquisition options and inclusive access models are already helping students." And that's a good thing.
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