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This open textbook is being utilized in a first-year composition course for undergraduate or graduate students by Melissa Williams at CSU Dominguez Hills. The open textbook provides accessible, easy-to-read articles about key rhetorical concepts. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to save students money, especially in their first year. Most student access the open textbook on the book’s web page. 

The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational Resources (OER) to facilitate equitable access to their students’ course materials. This Faculty Showcase represent Open Educational Practices where faculty are sharing their "know-how" for adopting OER in their courses.