OER Grant awardee saves students over $200,000

With Open Educational Resources, higher education is not just more accessible—it has the potential to be more adaptable, inclusive, and engaging than ever before.According to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, an Open Educational Resource (OER) is a teaching, learning, or research resource that is in the public domain or has been released under an intellectual property license that permits the free use, adaptation, and redistribution of the resource by any person.OER’s could be the solution to the growing costs of higher education in the country. College tuition and fees have risen over 80% in the past 12 years, with…

Good news for science majors

Danial Nasr Azadani was in South Texas for an extended visit with his family when he decided to take some classes. “I actually looked into TAMU-CC initially but the out-of-state tuition was just too much,” Azadani said. “So I met with Dr. Hatherill and toured the lab.” Azadani was more than impressed with Robert Hatherill, assistant professor of biology. “I signed up for two classes, and they were the best two classes I’ve ever taken,” he said. BIOL 1414 was one of those classes. Previously, this class, along with BIOL 1415, would only transfer for liberal arts majors, but thanks…