Z- and Z-TP Degrees for Affordable and Equitable Education

Supported by legislative funding, Minnesota State quickly accelerated from one college in our system offering Zero Textbook Cost degrees (Z-degrees) to 10 colleges by fall 2023. We are now refining a model for faculty collaboration that realizes culturally responsive, accessible, open, and free course resources for students in transfer pathways across our system of 33 colleges and universities. Lessons learned are helping us move from supporting campuses vertically (Z-degrees within specific colleges and universities) to supporting faculty collaborators across our system (core courses in transfer pathways).