Rice University
For Creating Free Open Community College Textbooks
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Amount$500,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/17/2014
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Term6.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
We propose a renewal grant to the OpenStax project at Rice University to continue developing market-quality, peer-reviewed open textbooks. This large-scale effort, co-funded by the Michelson, Gates, Arnold, and Maxfield foundations, would provide market-q
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.rice.edu
Address
6100 Main Street, MS-16, Houston, TX, 77005-1892, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for an international research study to measure students’ social and emotional skills
The Houston Education Research Consortium is a partnership between Rice University and Houston-area school districts that produces research to inform decision making. The group will represent the United States in an international survey coordinated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to measure students skills at ages 10 and 15. The Study on Social and Emotional Skills will demonstrate the feasibility of producing valid, reliable, and comparable information on such skills across countries and settings; additionally, it will provide analyses that can improve education and support services.
for national student internship program to amplify student voices in open education
OpenStax at Rice University seeks to create a national student internship program to amplify student voices and stories about open education. These internships will deepen the diversity, equity, and inclusion of student perspectives in national conversations about open education, while creating the organizational capacity at OpenStax to grow and develop best practices for running a student-centered program. Bringing student voices, views, and ideas to the forefront of the education communitys decision-making process is critical to improving educational access and learning for students.
