Guest post by Kristina De Voe, English and communication librarian, with the Open Education Group
The Temple University Libraries is happy to announce its 2025-26 Textbook Affordability Project grant award recipients:
- Jose Pablo Barragan Nieto, Spanish and Portuguese, College of Liberal Arts
- Erica Henn, Kinesiology, College of Public Health
- Nicholas Mirabito, Kinesiology, College of Public Health
- Molly Pooler, Education, College of Education and Human Development
- Peter Schmitz, Theater, School of Theater, Film Media Arts
- Sandra Sepulveda-Kozakowski, Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
These instructors have all committed to introducing open educational practices in their classrooms this academic year and are moving forward with project plans to adopt zero-cost course materials into their classes.
As part of the grant, awardees will complete training over the summer, participating in an online learning community in which they will increase their awareness around open educational resources (OER), open licenses, and zero textbook cost advocacy efforts. They will also have opportunities to develop their projects.
The Textbook Affordability Project (TAP) is a grant program that awards funds to Temple faculty members who make their courses more affordable for their students by replacing costly educational resources with open educational resources (OER) or materials available through Temple Libraries. Alternatively, faculty can receive funds for engaging in other open educational practices, like creating learning objects or replacing traditional assignments with renewable assignments that center students as creators of knowledge. The call for applications goes out annually in the spring.
Since 2011, The TAP has granted awards to over 110 faculty across nearly every discipline at Temple University and saved students over one million dollars.