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Item Affordable Learning Materials and Texas State University: First Year Report from the Managing Textbook Costs Committee(2020-12) Sriraman, Vedaraman; Willett, Dana R.; Bagby, Jokwon; Cavitt, Mary Ellen; Gonzales, Matthew; Gutierrez, Sonya; Kipp, Lindsay; Martin, Benjamin R.; Martinez, Sergio; McNeill, Seth; Morel, Gwendolyn; Morganti, Dianna; Nowicki, Michael; Paulson, Eric J.; Paz, Mark; Root, John; Shroff, Piyush; Tanner, Glenn; Underhill, BarryIn August 2019, Texas State University formed a Managing Textbook Costs Committee composed of students, faculty, and teaching and learning support staff to study the issue of textbook costs for our students. During the 2019-2020 academic year the committee: - scanned departments and colleges for on-going affordable learning materials activity; - surveyed students and faculty about learning materials and their costs; - explored best practices for adoption of affordable learning materials initiative; - conducted a literature review on affordable learning materials; and - studied approaches for engaging faculty and students on the subject. This is the Texas State University Managing Textbook Costs Committee's first year report.