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

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Now something similar may be happening with textbooks, as publishing giants start to broker campuswide deals with colleges that give students unlimited access to a publisher’s digital textbooks at cut-rate prices. And there's the fact that surveys show many students still prefer printed textbooks to digital ones.

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The for-profit Charlotte School of Law says it might get its access to federal financial aid restored. Elsevier has acquired bepress. As The Scholarly Kitchen’s Roger Schonfeld writes, “Elsevier is now a major if not the foremost single player in the institutional repository landscape. ” ACT has invested $10.5

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A new project from the Learning Policy Institute and EducationCounsel : “Reimagining College Access: Performance Assessments From K–12 Through Higher Education.” I don’t recall if I talked about Elsevier when I wrote about platforms as part of my 2017 review. Go, School Sports Team! .”

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Trump’s education platform promises to “make post-secondary options more affordable and accessible through technology enriched delivery models.” Via Tony Bates : “A survey of distance education in Brazil.” Very unfair! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 11, 2016. Is that possible?

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Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. Education in the Courts. ” More via The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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RELX is the former weapons dealer known as Reed Elsevier. ” Survey data from Edweek’s Market Brief : “ Teachers’ Use of Ed-Tech Tools Rises Across the Board, But Time Pressures Persist.” Sandbox has acquired Constructive Media. “FTSE giant RELX plots £100m? The NYT obit : “ Harold O.

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Via The Washington Post : “Many KIPP charter school alumni face financial hurdles in college, survey shows.” Elsevier has acquired Plum Analytics. ” Via Bill Fitzgerald : “Accessible tips for people to protect their privacy.” ” Accreditation and Certification. million total.