Virginia Commonwealth University

VCU and the Virginia Course Materials Survey

In Fall 2021, VIVA, Virginia’s Academic Library Consortium, distributed the Virginia Course Materials Survey to a selection of students at Virginia higher education institutions. The survey hoped to explore:
  • The relationship between educational equity and textbook costs, and
    • Which textbook features most benefited students’ learning experiences.
This report presents the results from this survey, focused on Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). At VCU, the survey was disseminated to a 20% random sample of students. 603 VCU responses were received (10% response rate). Due to the IRB approved protocols and efforts to maintain respondent anonymity, VCU data is only available on the summary level.

Included is an executive summary, full report, and data set for the VCU summary level data, available as percentages, and select student quotes from the free response on the impact of textbook costs on educational progress.

Publications

Report: Virginia Commonwealth University
VCU and the Virginia Course Materials Survey: Full Report
Author: Jessica Kirschner
Year: 2023 - Format: PDF

Report: Virginia Commonwealth University
VCU and the Virginia Course Materials Survey: Executive Summary
Author: Jessica Kirschner
Year: 2023 - Format: PDF

Report: Virginia Commonwealth University
Select VCU Student Quotes
Author: Jessica Kirschner
Year: 2023 - Format: PDF

Other: Virginia Commonwealth University
VIVA-VCU Data for VCU Report
Author: Jessica Kirschner
Year: 2023 - Format: XLSX

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