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It's time to be serious about true access for students with disabilities.
A OER dilemma.
This study demonstrates that despite recent steps forward in the marketplace, high textbook costs will continue to be a problem for students unless the cost of high-priced, new editions of college textbooks comes down.
CREEPTASTIC.
If you have to buy college textbooks you know how expensive they are. But the tide is turning toward cheaper options for college students. Here's how Chegg, Pearson, and Barnes & Noble are faring in the new digital environment.
Two senators are trying to promote the use of open-source textbooks.
The Internet is transforming the $14 billion U.S. textbook industry. Although this market represents only 1% of overall education spending, the changes brought by the Internet could result in signific
U.S. Senator Richard Durbin, Ill. The cost of new textbooks has increased 82%, three times faster than inflation, over the last deca...
Educational materials rely heavily on the public domain, which means they tend to be filled with texts written before the mid-1920s.
Techdirt has run several stories about the difficulties students in emerging economies have when it comes to buying expensive study...
When a semester's worth of textbooks can add up to a couple (or three or four) hundred dollars, hitting the checkout line at the campus bookstore is a distressing experience for many students, to say the least.