Sparked by three innovative faculty members, rising student advocacy, and a supportive legislature, the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System implemented a grant program to support the adoption of OER including MyOpenMath to reduce the cost of current commercial textbook & homework site solutions being implemented in 100 level Math courses across the 17 institution system. This session will review the selfless work of three community college instructors, the role of student advocacy and a legislative OER Task Force on the creation of the Open Math Grant program and the results of those efforts to date.
