{"id":1566,"date":"2019-12-09T20:33:38","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T20:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitallearning.qa.cdl.ucf.edu\/ilab\/?page_id=1566"},"modified":"2024-01-18T09:46:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T14:46:01","slug":"affordability-counts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitallearning.ucf.edu\/ilab\/aim\/affordability-counts\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Affordability Counts Program?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Affordability Counts was created as a direct response to the increasing costs of textbooks in higher education. The program recognizes faculty who take steps in their courses to advance affordability across Florida state universities and colleges.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To be a part of it, faculty submit a course to have its required instructional material(s) reviewed. If the total cost of the instructional material(s) is less than or equal to $20 per credit hour (per course), the Affordability Counts medallion will be given to the faculty to place on their course home page, syllabus, or wherever they prefer, and their course will be added to the list of low-cost courses on the Affordability Counts<\/a> website.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Review Process<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Faculty can submit their course(s)\/course material(s) for consideration into the Affordability Counts program. At this time, we currently recommend submitting your course(s) each semester it is taught for archival purposes. We are currently looking into an automated process so you would not have to manually submit your courses each time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The submission(s) are evaluated by the following criteria: <\/p>\n\n\n\n