View this email in your browser ([link removed])

It's Open Education Week!

This week, we're celebrating all of the work that we've done to make college more affordable through free open textbooks.

If you know any professors who use free textbooks, nominate them for an OER Oscars award now! ([link removed])

This year, we're holding "OER Oscars" events to recognize faculty who are helping students save money by using open textbooks and other free resources.

For nearly 20 years, the Student PIRGS have led the way in exposing publisher’s practices that rip off students, championing cost-saving textbook options like used books and rental programs, and advocating for open textbooks as a long-term solution. Our new report, Open Textbooks: The Billion Dollar Solution ([link removed]) , shows how open textbook grant programs have already saved students over $300 million!

Here are 5 ways you can help us celebrate Open Education Week:
1. Sign our petition ([link removed]) for open textbooks if you haven't already
2. Nominate a professor ([link removed]) for an "OER Oscars" textbook affordability award
3. Share our new report ([link removed]) on social media and use hashtag #OEWeek
4. Talk to a professor that assigned you an expensive book about switching to an open textbook in the fall. Send them our Open Textbooks FAQ ([link removed]) .
5. Check our organizing materials ([link removed]) that you can use to be an advocate on your campus.

Open Education Week is an opportunity for actively sharing and learning about the latest achievements in Open Education worldwide. Open Education Week was launched in 2012 by Open Education Global as a collaborative, community-built open forum. Every year OE Week raises awareness and highlights innovative open education successes worldwide.

Happy Open Education Week!

Best,

Dan Xie

Political Director

Student PIRGs

Interested in Careers working on campaigns like this? Apply today! ([link removed])

============================================================
** Twitter ([link removed])
** Facebook ([link removed])
** LinkedIn ([link removed])
** Website ([link removed])
Copyright © 2023 Student PIRGs, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this email because you provided you contact information to the Student PIRGs while we were on campus or at a career fair.

Our mailing address is:
Student PIRGs
294 Washington St Suite 500
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
USA
Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can ** update your preferences ([link removed])
or ** unsubscribe from this list ([link removed])
.
Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp
[link removed]