This week, West Texas A&M University president Walter Wendler wrote about the burden expensive textbooks place on students and how campuses using @creativecommons openly licensed educational resources see fewer students dropping or avoiding courses because of textbook costs. Learn more:

https://www.amarillo.com/story/opinion/columns/2025/08/16/wt-president-wendler-pens-note-to-college-students-on-textbook-costs/85641432007/

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Opinion: A note to college students on textbook costs

Textbooks are heavy in your backpack and on your wallet. The good news? WT has partnered with two big companies for free digital access.

^{By Walter Wendler, Amarillo Globe-News (Amarillo Globe-News)}