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Departments Recognized for Leading the Way with Affordable Course Materials

April 7, 2023 Steffen Scharmacher News

This spring, NIU’s Course Materials Affordability Taskforce (CMAT) presented the inaugural Affordable Course Materials (ACM) Department Awards. These awards are part of the taskforce’s Leading Impact Program, which supports and recognizes academic departments and individual faculty for their adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) and low-cost materials in courses. In

Recognizing and Supporting Faculty Who Cut Course Materials Costs

August 22, 2022 Steffen Scharmacher News

The Course Materials Affordability Task Force (CMAT) is pleased to announce two new programs, sponsored by NIU Libraries, to encourage academic departments and faculty to transition to low-cost (total materials cost of under $40) or zero cost materials in their courses. The ACM Awards recognize departments offering the highest percentage