For Educators
America’s publishers understand that today’s educators face an array of “pain points” and challenges. With rising remediation rates, concerns are growing regarding student retention and completion. The affordability of college tuition continues to make higher education elusive for many and with the downturn in tax revenue, many colleges and universities are dealing with funding cuts and looking for ways to stretch their budget dollars.
Partnering with educators, publishers are producing teaching systems and course materials designed to tackle challenges facing both faculty and students.
Publishers are also taking a new role on campuses, partnering with colleges and universities to provide instructors with extensive teaching materials and course management tools that help faculty save time on administrative tasks so they can devote more time to teaching.
Improving student completion rates
New publisher-developed technology tools – such as artificial intelligence driven software that gauge students’ knowledge base, and then customizes study tracks - are equipping faculty with more effective and customizable resources. When coupled with course redesigns, these course materials have resulted in an average 30%-40% decrease in student dropout rates according to the National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT).
These teaching systems are not only more effective, they are adaptive to a student population with diverse learning needs, from advanced to developmental. They challenge and maintain the interest of the highest achievers and meet the needs of those less prepared for college courses.
Saving students and institutions money
The costs of tuition and room and board continue to climb but, according to statistics from Student Monitor’s Lifestyle & Media Report – Spring 2011, students said that their spending for printed textbooks dropped 10% from the Fall 2009 academic year and is down 20% from the Fall 2008 academic year. The College Board’s 2010 Trends in College Pricing, found that “books and supplies” are the lowest expense for off-campus students and tied with “transportation” as the lowest cost for on-campus students.
This is due in part to publishers’ efforts to offer cost-conscious alternatives such as custom editions; e-textbooks; unbound, three-hole punched binder editions; black and white; and books online one chapter at a time.
To help lower the cost to faculty, departments and colleges, publishers have developed a series of new business models that enable individual institutions to pick the approach that best meets the needs of their faculty and students. To read more about these business models and how your institution can save money while improving student success rates, click here. Institutions are also cutting costs by coupling new course material technologies with course redesigns, leading to an average 30%-40% reduction in the cost per pupil for instruction, according to NCAT.
Partnering with educators to meet course material needs
We invite you to participate with other educators in an upcoming AAP “Cost Effective Solutions for Student Success” webinar to demonstrate how America’s publishers are helping faculty and students.
The webinar will feature the latest teaching technologies, course materials and business models from some of America’s largest providers of education materials (Bedford Freeman & Worth, Cengage, McGraw-Hill, Pearson, Wiley and CourseSmart.com). The webinar will showcase:
- Improving student success rates – grades, retention and graduation
- Lowering the cost per pupil for instruction
- Lowering students’ costs for course materials
Topics will include:
- New business models that enable institutions to cut the cost of course materials by 40% to 65%
- Impact of new technologies and course redesign on
- Student pass rates – 30% to 40% improvement
- Cost per pupil for instruction –an average 41% reduction
To register for an upcoming webinar or to learn more about you can request one, please contact Jeremy Steffens at AAP Higher Ed.
