After all, we have had very little influence on the publishing behemoths, let alone the secondary economies built around book rentals, used books, shared books, and even black-market copies until Clayton Christensen’s disruption theory model provided an Internet enabled market solution that addresses these ancillary expenses. Within the context of affordability, Broward College prides itself on the low cost of tuition however controlling external factors such as the increase in textbooks and materials is not feasible.

Moreover, the cost of textbooks and digital content in the affordability equation has socked students with price increases in excess of 80 percent. Yes, you read correctly, one trillion dollars….and that is just for tuition. In numbers this fact is starkly represented by a rise in student loan debt from $240 billion in 2003, to a trillion dollars in 2014. It is no secret that the costs of higher education and ballooning student indebtedness have become part of the national consciousness. Diving into Open Educational Resources by David Shulman, Ph.D, Campus President Background

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