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-: So in one kind of instrumental move by the board,
we were able to say, okay, we got one product.
We can guarantee one set price.
This was a much better product
and a much better deal for the students,
so we were very excited.
We're able to say, we have one set price
for all the classes, and as a part of this,
the forethought that went into this,
you get access to the entire catalog
of resources from Cengage, which is just fantastic for us
and fantastic for the students because in essence,
at their fingertips now,
they have their own digital library.
-: The economical side of the textbooks,
and the way that the cost was increasing
on a yearly basis had an impact
on my students' learning experiences.
So having that burden taken off, it's been great.
And I know for sure that my students now
do not have to be worried about the cost of the textbooks.
-: The cost is much more efficient for the students,
for that no longer to be something that they
have to think about, I think, how colleges should go for it.
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-: As you are able to implement Cengage
across different programs, gen eds,
you're able to really capitalize on that affordability,
and it helps get the buy in further.
The students have a consistent experience
within their Canvas to Cengage and it's more affordable.
-: We wanted to make this accessible to everyone,
ported over 7,300 students in that first semester,
getting access to at least one of the Cengage products.
We're all about innovation, we wanted to go big and we did.
In the past we would have one textbook,
generally speaking, per course.
With Cengage Unlimited, faculty are excited
because now they can take the best of several
different books or resources, open education resources
that they're curating.
-: With Cengage Unlimited, they're able to tap into
other resources, other books, and use.
They have academic freedom,
just like any other faculty member
has academic freedom in the classroom.
So if they want to pull in open educational resources,
they can, if they want to bring in aspects
from another Cengage book, that's totally acceptable.
-: We have Cengage, so I wanted to see
what else I could do with Cengage.
So I searched up books in my field
like data science and ended up finding a lot of results.
And now in my free time, I can get them from there
and teach myself through the book.
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-: The people at Cengage were very, very helpful.
They answered questions, they helped train me
so that I could train others.
And they were very helpful whenever I said,
well, I'm not sure how to do what I'm thinking.
We found a way to make it happen.
-: You guys have had the best customer service
I've ever seen.
You know, and sometimes I do ask for impossible things
to happen in background.
I know you're going to make it happen and it always does.
-: Again, everyone ultimately seems
very much focused on student success
and it's just been such a refreshing experience for me.
I'm incredibly excited about
our future relationship with Cengage Unlimited.
-: After 16 years as president, I was able
to reduce the cost of textbooks to a point
where I can literally say it costs less
to go to our college today than it did
when I was president 16 years ago.
No one dreams they'll be able to say that in their career.
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