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Colleges Are Striking Bulk Deals With Textbook Publishers. Critics Say There Are Many Downsides.

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And of course there are other vendors, like Elsevier and Wiley (like Jones Soda and RC) and openly-licensed resources known as OER, or open education resources (which are something like a Sodastream homebrew). Of course, there are big differences between textbooks and fizzy drinks.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. .” I mean, as long as data isn’t an issue and tech companies can build voice recognition software that recognizes languages other than English and accents other than Californian.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Here’s a science textbook I was assigned at his school in 2007. Elsevier has acquired Plum Analytics. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. .” “With Falwell as Education Adviser, His Own University Could Benefit,” says Kevin Carey. Jerry Falwell Jr. Via The New York Times : “ Uber C.E.O.