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Predictions of Print Textbooks’ Death Remain Greatly Exaggerated

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Goldman, vice president of textbooks and e-books at Chegg, a student services provider that notably sold its print textbook inventory to Ingram in 2015, adoption of digital materials among students has been slower than he predicted. There’s no need for an internet connection or to charge batteries, she notes. “I

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Via Education Week : “ FCC Delays, Denials Foil Rural Schools’ Broadband Plans.” Chegg has acquired Cogeon for $15 million. More on the Trump administration’s approach to student loans in the student loan section below. Fuel Education , a subsidiary of K12 Inc , has acquired the literacy platform Big Universe.

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Via Motherboard : “The FCC ’s New Broadband Map Paints an Irresponsibly Inaccurate Picture of American Broadband.” Via Edsurge : “ Cheating on Chegg ? ” So Chegg’s algorithms declare you’re a cheater, and you don’t get a tutor. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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Via Techcrunch : “ FCC votes to negate broadband privacy rules.” ” Via the press release : “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill Education , and Pearson have joined forces with Ingram and Chegg , Inc. ” (Did you know he recorded his first mixtape at the Chicago Public Library’s YOUmedia studio ?).