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ACC’s Z-Degree program awarded prestigious Texas Star Award
Posted on Mon, 12/02/2019 - 12:00pmThe Austin Community College District (ACC) Z-Degree program was recognized as one of the top college programs in the state — awarded a 2019 Star Award by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board during an awards reception Friday, November 22...
For This Campus, Choosing Textbooks Has Gotten a Lot More Complicated
Posted on Mon, 10/14/2019 - 3:28pmFor This Campus, Choosing Textbooks Has Gotten a Lot More Complicated By Lindsay Ellis OCTOBER 13, 2019 PREMIUM Regina Seanez, a sophomore at Austin Community College, uses both traditional textbooks and e-textbooks as part of her coursework. She...
ACC’s zero-cost textbook program named finalist for Texas Star Award
Posted on Thu, 08/29/2019 - 4:57pmThe Austin Community College Z-Degree Program is recognized as one of the top performing college programs in Texas; named a finalist for the prestigious 2019 Star Award by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The Star Award program...
ACC expands no-cost textbook options for students through new national partnership
Posted on Thu, 08/22/2019 - 10:46amACC students have saved more than $3.5 million through open educational resources over the past year Austin Community College (ACC) is one of ten colleges and universities nationwide selected to participate in the 2019-2020 OpenStax Institutional...
New zero-cost textbook program saves ACC students more than $2.1 million
Posted on Mon, 12/10/2018 - 12:04pmAustin Community College students are saving millions of dollars in textbooks costs through new course and degree options known as Z-degrees and zero textbook cost (ZTC) classes. The courses use zero-cost learning materials called open educational...