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

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While in Big Soda the main players are Coke and Pepsi, their equivalent in the publishing industry are Pearson and Cengage (which has announced that plans to merge with McGraw-Hill). There’s a surprising amount of momentum behind it,” said Phil Hill, a longtime edtech consultant.

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Larry Hogan (R) declared via executive order that beginning in September 2017, the Maryland school year won’t start until after Labor Day – a decision that prompted sharp criticism from school leaders, who are accusing Hogan of favoring the tourism industry over education.”

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” “According to my observations, the standard Seattle Nazi is a white male under 30 who either works in the tech industry or is going to school to work in the tech industry” – from David Lewis’ story in The Stranger about white nationalists in Seattle.

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” And despite all the promises to “ drain the swamp ,” it appears as though Trump is planning to fill cabinet seats and advisory roles with lobbyists and industry insiders. Via Edsurge : “ New Markets Venture Partners Adds $30 Million, Former Gates Foundation Executive to Edtech Fund.” ”).

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Are they in the oil industry? Tutoring company Topica Edtech Group has raised $50 million from Northstar Group. RELX is the former weapons dealer known as Reed Elsevier. .” That is, good jobs that don’t require a BA. (I I have some questions about this, particularly as Wyoming as touted as the best state for this.

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” Via Infodocket : “ Louisiana State University is Suing Elsevier For Breach of Contract.” Via The Washington Post : “There’s a well-funded campus industry behind the Ann Coulter incident.” ” The attack was at Transylvania University.

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Via Edsurge : “ Jefferson Education Accelerator Winds Down, Rebrands to Focus on Edtech Reviews and Procurement.” blog : “ Elsevier Collaborates with Hypothesis to Integrate Open Annotation.” More via Inside Higher Ed. ” More via EdWeek’s Market Brief. Via the Hypothes.is