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Predictions of Print Textbooks’ Death Remain Greatly Exaggerated

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Spending data suggests that instructional software is indeed growing in classrooms. 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. billion to $3.3

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Education Week : “ FCC Delays, Denials Foil Rural Schools’ Broadband Plans.” “This Company Wants to Gather Student Brainwave Data to Measure ‘Engagement’,” Edsurge writes. Chegg has acquired Cogeon for $15 million. Another education IPO – the second of the year.

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Via Motherboard : “The FCC ’s New Broadband Map Paints an Irresponsibly Inaccurate Picture of American Broadband.” The company makes student loans based on students’ “academic data.” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. Via Edsurge : “ Cheating on Chegg ?

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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. ” Via The New York Times : “ New York City Will Be Asked to Release More Data on Students.”