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September Newsletter: Open Education as a Solution
This month’s newsletter highlights news on the national priorities process, a policy update from Utah, and upcoming events, including OEGlobal.
Utah Adopts Strengthened Learning Materials Affordability Policy
The Utah Board of Higher Education revised its learning materials policy to add student-centered guardrails on automatic charge programs and strengthen support for the use of open educational resources.
New Resource: Member Recognition Request Page
A new page that connects you to the recognition, promotion, and support available to you as an Open Education Association member.
How to Get Involved in the National Priorities Process
How to we make open education a larger part of solving the greatest challenges facing education today? Here’s how to get involved.
OpenEd Digest - August 2026
This month’s roundup of open education news, opportunities and events.
August Newsletter: Developing National Priorities for Open Education
This month’s newsletter highlights an invitation to collaboratively choose national priorities, a policy update from Idaho, and upcoming events.
Member Spotlight: Lainie Allen
A museum studies scholar turned open education librarian on the importance of stewardship.
Member Spotlight: Amanda Miller
An educator and lifelong learner working toward her doctorate watched her classmates struggle with textbook costs and recognized the problem she'd been trying to solve from the other side of the room.
Choosing What’s Next: National Priorities for Open Education
This fall, the Open Education Association invites the open education field to collaborate on a process to select national priorities and develop shared plans to advance them.
OpenEd Digest - July 2026
This month’s roundup of open education news, opportunities and events.
Getting the Most Out of Our Resource Boards: A Guide to Airtable
The Open Education Association's resource boards are built on Airtable. Learn how to search, filter, and sort to find exactly what you need across all our resources.
July Newsletter: OER is a High Impact Practice
This month’s newsletter highlights a new study that identifies OER as a high-impact practice, spotlights advocacy for California’s ZTC program, and shares new working group opportunities.
DOERS Now Housed at the Open Education Association
The DOERS Collaborative has selected the Open Education Association to serve as its fiscal sponsor and long-term organizational home.
Member Spotlight: Emily Ragan
Emily Ragan was “tricked” into trying OER by a practical argument, then discovered a pedagogical paradigm shift.
Member Spotlight: Rebecca Karoff
In open education, a former University of Texas administrator found ways to remove financial and academic barriers and build campus community all at once.
New Resource: Open Education Funding Guide
The Open Education Funding Guide is a starting point for seeking resources to sustain and grow open education work over time. The guide covers how to plan, where to seek funding, how to build relationships, and how to write a strong proposal.
Open Advocates Make the Case for ZTC Degrees in Sacramento
A delegation of California open advocates spent a day in Sacramento highlighting the impact of the state’s Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Degree Grant Program.
New Research Identifies Open Educational Resources as a High-Impact Practice
New research from AAC&U officially recognizes open educational resources as a high-impact practice, placing OER alongside undergraduate research, internships, and other approaches central to student success.
Idaho Adopts Strengthened Course Material Affordability Policy
The Idaho State Board of Education adopted a revised version of its course material affordability policy, strengthening protections for students on automatic textbook billing and reinforcing the state's support for open educational resources.
OpenEd Digest - June 2026
This month’s roundup of open education news, opportunities and events.
