<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/blogs/news-releases/2023/oer-grant-prof-tech.aspx" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>11/20/2023 10:49:32 AM</pubDate><title>WA community and technical college system wins federal grant for no-cost open textbooks</title><description>The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) recently received a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education for three-year initiative that will expand the number of free introductory textbooks available to students in professional-technical programs.</description><author>SBCTC Communications</author><category>open educational resources, OER,FIPSE, Washington Open ProfTech, proftech, free textbooks, Patty Murray</category><image/><image-caption/></item>