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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). There’s a surprising amount of momentum behind it,” said Phil Hill, a longtime edtech consultant. Concern About Lock-In?

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Via Inside Higher Ed : “Lawyers and Title IX practitioners have identified potential conflicts between the Trump administration ’s new proposed regulations on the gender discrimination law and state policy.” ” The Business of Financial Aid. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Racist Rant Roils Columbia.”

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” Via Mic : “ Pretoria Girls High School students are protesting racist hair policy , code of conduct.” Via the EFF : “Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review.” Shawn Graham responds to this patent on peer review by patenting Elsevier. The destruction of CUNY continues.

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“ Higher Education Policy Under Trump ” by Sara Goldrick-Rab. ” From the press release : “ Jisc Collections and Elsevier Sign Landmark UK Agreement, Securing Access to Research Publications and Initiating Open Science Collaboration.” “What does Trump’s victory mean for higher education ?”

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Via Chalkbeat : “ DeVos criticizes Bush-Obama policies , saying it’s time to overhaul conventional schooling.” A new project from the Learning Policy Institute and EducationCounsel : “Reimagining College Access: Performance Assessments From K–12 Through Higher Education.” Monstrous, really.

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DeVos is the former chair of the American Federation for Children, which advocates for school choice policies, such as tax credit scholarships and vouchers. ” “ Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages From Sci-Hub and Libgen ,” says TorrentFreak. “​ Intel Hits Pause on Edtech Accelerator,” says Edsurge.

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More federal stuff: Inside Higher Ed on restructuring at the US Department of Education : “Proposed reorganization would eliminate office of under secretary, which oversaw higher ed policy for much of the Obama and George W. blog : “ Elsevier Collaborates with Hypothesis to Integrate Open Annotation.”