Document Type

Research Report

Publication Date

2023

Description

In Fall 2021, VIVA, Virginia’s Academic Library Consortium, distributed the Virginia Course Materials Survey to a selection of students at Virginia higher education institutions. The survey hoped to explore:

  1. The relationship between educational equity and textbook costs, and

  2. Which textbook features most benefited students’ learning experiences.

This report presents the results from this survey, focused on Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). At VCU, the survey was disseminated to a 20% random sample of students. 603 VCU responses were received (10% response rate). Due to the IRB approved protocols and efforts to maintain respondent anonymity, VCU data is only available on the summary level.

Included is an executive summary, full report, and data set for the VCU summary level data, available as percentages, and select student quotes from the free response on the impact of textbook costs on educational progress.

To view the full survey, statewide findings, and corresponding analysis, visit the VIVA website.

Date of Submission

January 2023

Abstract

In Fall 2021, VIVA, Virginia’s Academic Library Consortium, distributed the Virginia Course Materials Survey to a selection of students at Virginia higher education institutions. The survey hoped to explore:

  1. The relationship between educational equity and textbook costs, and

  2. Which textbook features most benefited students’ learning experiences.

This report presents the results from this survey, focused on Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). Included is an executive summary, full report, and data set for the VCU summary level data, available as percentages, and select student quotes from the free response.

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VCU Open and Affordable Course Content

VCU_VIVA Survey Report_Executive summary.pdf (185 kB)
Virginia Course Materials Survey_VCU Analysis_Executive Summary

VCU_VIVA Survey Report_Full Report.pdf (681 kB)
Virginia Course Materials Survey_VCU Analysis_Full

VIVA-VCU Data for VCU Report.xlsx (27 kB)
Dataset for VCU data from Virginia Course Materials Survey

VIVA Survey Sample quotes.pdf (97 kB)
Select VCU student quotes from the free response

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