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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). That’s one argument made by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, or SPARC, which advocates for lower textbook costs and OER.

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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.” “ OER-Enabled Pedagogy ” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley.

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