New state grant helps WCC students save on textbooks
Kayla Gahagan - November 13, 2025
Washtenaw Community College (WCC) has been awarded a new state grant to expand a program that has already saved students more than $16 million in textbook costs since 2017.
View Post : New state grant helps WCC students save on textbookstags: Open Educational Resources, Z-Certificate, Library, Z-Degree, Affordability, MiLEAP, Accessibility, OER
Students save $10 million in textbook costs with OER program
Kayla Gahagan - March 02, 2023
Washtenaw Community College’s (WCC) program to help students earn degrees, certificates and general education credits with little or no textbook costs has recently surpassed the $10 million savings mark.
View Post : Students save $10 million in textbook costs with OER programtags: March 2023, Affordability, Z-Degree, On The Record, OER, Open Education Resources
Students save $10 million in textbook costs with OER program
Kayla Gahagan - March 02, 2023
Washtenaw Community College’s (WCC) program to help students earn degrees, certificates and general education credits with little or no textbook costs has recently surpassed the $10 million savings mark.
View Post : Students save $10 million in textbook costs with OER programtags: Affordability, OER, Z-Degree
Fall semester kicks off August 29 with new Automotive Cybersecurity Lab, zero-cost textbook degree, academic programs
Fran LeFort - August 26, 2022
Washtenaw Community College (WCC) is gearing up for a new academic year starting Monday, August 29, that features its first no-cost textbook associate degree, a brand new Automotive Cybersecurity Lab and frozen tuition for the fifth straight year.
View Post : Fall semester kicks off August 29 with new Automotive Cybersecurity Lab, zero-cost textbook degree, academic programstags: OER, On The Record, academic, Automotive Cybersecurity, Z-Degree, Certificates, September 2022, fall 2022, Michigan Reconnect
WCC to show off Mustang Mach-E, highlight skills training at Careers of Today & Tomorrow
Fran LeFort - May 09, 2022
Washtenaw Community College (WCC) will show off its Ford Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle, its automotive cybersecurity workbenches and skills training pathways at Careers of Today & Tomorrow on Thursday, May 12, at the Southern Michigan Center for Science & Industry in Hudson.
View Post : WCC to show off Mustang Mach-E, highlight skills training at Careers of Today & Tomorrowtags: Affordability, Tuition, OER, Academic and Career Skills, Advanced Transportation Center, Workforce Training, ATC, Workforce Development
Free textbook program has saved WCC students nearly $9 million since 2017
Fran LeFort - March 07, 2022
Since Fall 2017 when Washtenaw Community College introduced its zero-cost textbook program, students have saved nearly $9 million thanks to 47 courses being taught with an open educational resource (OER).
View Post : Free textbook program has saved WCC students nearly $9 million since 2017tags: Affordability, March 2022, Launch Summer 2022, Open Education Resources, On The Record, OER