oertransport Textbooks are a new suite of six openly licensed textbooks which are transforming how transportation planning is taught across the U.S., thanks to an ambitious initiative led by CAPPA faculty members at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) in partnership with institutions in California and Florida. The OER, “Enabling Transportation Planning Professional Advancement”, eliminates textbook costs while delivering high-quality, industry-vetted content to students pursuing sustainable and equitable transportation careers.


Foundations of Business, 2nd Edition [2025] by Holly Jackson, PhD was created for use in Virginia Commonwealth University's BUSN 201, Foundations of Business course which strives to build awareness of corporate social responsibility and ethical business behavior. The practical application of the concepts gained in this course, and through this text, assists students in gaining an integrated awareness of business, while practicing analytical skills needed for their advanced business courses and careers. The second edition contains updates for relevancy, plus a new section on Mentoring.


Ecology for All! by Brouwer, Connuck, Dubniczki, Gownaris, Howard, Olmsted, Wetzel, Whittinghill, Wilson, and Zallek is an ecology text designed in modules so that instructors can choose the pieces that make sense to assign in their context. The textbook covers a wide range of topics including Introduction to Ecology, Evolution, Adaptations to the Physical Environment, various ecological communities, Population Ecology, Behavioral Ecology, Species Interactions, Ecological Succession, Biogeochemical Cycles, Landscape Ecology, Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, and Human Impact on Global Climate among others.