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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Kaplan Will Offer Free Online PSAT Prep.” Via the EFF : “Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. 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.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Wired : “ Ajit Pai ’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “As Kaplan Sale Faces Final Hurdle, Purdue President Criticizes Faculty Opponents.” blog : “ Elsevier Collaborates with Hypothesis to Integrate Open Annotation.”