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Free textbook developer could save students $750M over five years

May 8, 2013May 6, 2013 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor
OpenStax College, a publisher based at Rice University, announced last week that the nonprofit would more than double the number of free downloadable textbooks over the next two…
Categories Campus Leadership, Institutional Management, IT Leadership, Online Learning
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Colleges taking a team approach to eTextbooks

July 2, 2012June 29, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor
Reining in exorbitant textbook costs is no longer a campus-by-campus venture: A unified approach, powered by EDUCAUSE and the Internet2 consortium's NET+ cloud-based collaborative purchasing program, could make…
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University looks to remove barriers to open textbooks

April 26, 2012April 25, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor
Low-cost, open-content textbooks are universally popular on college campuses, but two burning questions have stunted the open textbook movement: Where can faculty and students find these resources, and…
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College students go without textbooks as prices rise

December 1, 2011November 30, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor
Six in 10 students at the University of California, Riverside said they forgo purchasing recommended class supplies – including textbooks – because they’re strapped for cash.
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New textbook exchange site helps students ‘defy’ publishers

May 25, 2011May 23, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor
After a bachelor’s degree, a law degree, and a business degree, Derek Haake estimates his total textbook costs at around $20,000 -- and now he's hitting back at…
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