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Open and Affordable Textbook Program: Past Awardees & Projects

Projected Cost Savings

To date (spring 2021), the OAT Program has brought an estimated savings of $1,192,678  to 8,705 NJIT students. Below are the savings by academic year.

Academic Year Cost Savings

The NJIT OAT Initiative realized a total cost savings and impact for academic year 2019-2020:

  • Total savings of $19,603
  • Total number of students impacted - 98
  • Total number of course curriculum redesigned - 3
  • Total number of faculty participated - 3
  • Colleges represented - 2 (CSLA), 1 (MTSoM)
  • Total grant awarded - $3,000
  • List of Awardees and Projects completed during AY 2019-2020.

Cumulative projected savings for all OAT courses taught in for AY2020, AY2019,and AY2018

  • Total projected savings of $528,634 and impacted 2,310 students from courses redesigned in the current year (AY2020) and the previous years (AY2029, and AY2018).

OAT Course Syllabi

The NJIT OAT Initiative realized a total cost savings and impact for academic year 2018-2019:

  • Total savings of $396,370
  • Total number of students impacted - 2,442
  • Total number of course curriculum redesigned - 6
  • Total number of faculty participated - 6
  • Colleges represented - 2 (NCE), 3 (CSLA), 1 (MTSoM)
  • Total grant awarded - $10,000
  • List of Awardees and Projects completed during AY 2018-2019.

Cumulative projected savings for all OAT courses taught in AY2018 and AY2019

  • Total projected savings of $513,894 and impacted 3,975 students from courses redesigned in both AY2018 (previous awardees) and AY2019 (new awardees).

OAT Course Syllabi

The NJIT OAT Initiative realized a total cost savings and impact for academic year 2017-2018:

  • Total savings of $174,614
  • Total number of students impacted - 1,868
  • Total number of course curriculum redesigned - 13 
  • Total number of faculty participated - 12
  • Colleges represented - 2 (NCE); 6 (CSLA), 3 (MTSoM), and 2 (YWCC)
  • Total grant awarded - $12,000
  • List of Awardees and Projects completed during AY 2018

OAT Course Syllabi

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